‘People think I have disappeared’: Joe Morrell raring to go after 492 days out

Wales midfielder feels ready to return from a knee injury and is looking for a club“It’s been like snakes and ladders,” says the midfielder Joe Morrell, detailing how a hellish 16 months has proved the most difficult duel of his career. An innocuous click in his left knee, a setback in the gym while on holiday in Miami and the onset of arthrofibrosis – a condition where scar tissue builds between joints – and suddenly 492 days have passed since his last appearance, for Portsmouth in a League One match at Oxford.He had just celebrated his 100th game for the club en route to the Championship. “People are probably quite confused and think I have disappeared. Everyone forgets about you.” Continue reading...

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