"?Aaron Cresswell has offered an update on his rehabilitation back from knee ligament injury, saying he is confident of being on the "right track."
The Hammers left-back suffered the injury during a friendly with German side Karlsruher and faces a further three months on the sidelines, but has reassured fans that he is healing sufficiently ahead of his return.
"I'm on the right track,"? Cresswell told the "?club website. "The main thing is that the knee is healing properly and that I don't rush back and have to start again. I can't cut corners and I'm working with the physio.
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"I'm certainly not rushing things and I've seen a specialist and he's happy with the way things are working out and I'm certainly happy. No matter if it's a couple of weeks or however long it is, it's about getting it right. I'm prepared to put the hard work in and the rewards are at the end of it.
"I'm trying to get fitter and stronger and ready for the Premier League. To miss the opening game was very frustrating for me but in a way it's a good thing because it's something brilliant to come back for.
"Hopefully I can get the knee right and come back fitter and stronger. I went to see the ground at the back end of last season and straight away, there was a wow factor.
"It's gutting to play all the games over the last two seasons and that last game at the Boleyn and then to miss the opening game against Juventus and then Bournemouth."