Andy Robertson is hopefully back to full fitness after suffering a shoulder injury back in October last year.
The Liverpool left-back spent three months recovering from the injury then played through the pain to captain his country at Euo 2024.
He has since been working hard to get back to full fitness for the new season and managed to play through 79 minutes of Saturday’s opening 2-0 win at Ipswich Town.
“I felt really good, all things considered,” Robertson he told the club’s official site. “I was playing in pain from March onwards and obviously it was a really important time for the club and then a really important time for my country.
“I hoped that the three weeks off would have settled things down but it didn’t and I needed a wee bit longer. So I managed to get my fitness up to a really good level in terms of not being with the team, which was hugely frustrating.
“But I made sure I was in America, in every team meeting going, asking the coaches questions, things like that, and trying to learn even when I could not be on the pitch. I knew that would put me in the best possible shape when I was on the pitch.
“There’s still lots to learn for all of us – it’s a completely new way of playing and new philosophy and everything. It will take a bit of time, of course it will.
“Obviously coming off towards the end, I started to get a little bit tired, which is normal, but I felt good, I feel good. I am pain-free for the first time in five months, which is always positive, so long may it continue.”
