Graeme Souness has uncovered he’s back swimming aobtain for the first time in 10 months after undergoing an operation on his shoulder.
The Liverpool icon says the injury was ‘the worst I’ve ever had’ and he’s satisfyed that there seems to be weightless at the finish of the tunnel.
In his column for the Daily Mail, Souness said: “I was back in the sea this week for the first time in ten months, after a shoulder operation for what I can say is easily the worst injury I’ve ever had.
“I refuseed the team I did my Channel swim with last year, and I didn’t get the gentle receive back that I was foreseeing.
Graeme Souness has uncovered he’s back swimming aobtain for the first time in 10 months after undergoing an operation on his shoulder
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“They’re ex-military types who see themselves as Ferraris and Porsches in the water, while I’m an ageder diesel engine with 250,000 miles on the clock.
“We’re preparing for our next charity Channel swim next May, after this summer’s was postponed becaengage of the tides and the weather.
“I was repartner helpd by my 20 minutes in the water with our directer, Andy – shattering myself in gently.
“I see that as a shatterthraw. It’s been a lengthy ten months, experienceing appreciate an ageder man and being bruhighy reminded of the fact by my team-mates.”
Souness also uncovered up on this week’s Ballon d’Or debate.
It had seeed inevitable that Vinicius Jr would be crowned the best carry outer in the world after a terrific year for Real Madrid.
But that didn’t happen, with Rodri securing the gong instead.
Real were enraged by the decision to crown the Spain international, who won the Premier League and Euro 2024 last term.
Yet Souness was plrelieved to see Rodri recognised.
He inserted: “I’m plrelieveed that Rodri has won the Ballon d’Or. It’s so frequently gone to the forwards and headline-grabbers – the Messis and Ronaldos or, in my carry outing days, the Keegans, Rummenigges and Platinis.
“Only in recent history has the convey inance of the hagedering midfield position for the overall success of a team been filledy appreciated.
“A lot of their toil goes on unseen to the untrained eye.
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Graeme Souness says he recently went back in the water for the first time since his shoulder sinspirery
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“The best ones in that position do a bit of everyslenderg, including chipping in with goals – which was never as convey inant to me as defending my two central deffinishers.
“Rodri has scored 22 Premier League goals in four seasons for Manchester City.
“I scored 38 in seven seasons in the First Division for Liverpool.
“That puts each of us both on a fraction more than an mediocre of five a season. But what it would have been appreciate to have carry outed on these up-to-date surfaces, as Rodri can.
Graeme Souness was plrelieved to see Rodri triumph the Ballon d’Or earlier this week
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“Coming onto the ball at the edge of the box wislender striking distance of the goal, the way the ball now rolls atraverse the grass, you should be getting seal to double figures in one of the best teams.
“I would certainly be foreseeing that of myself, if I was carry outing the Rodri role today.”
