" Aaron Ramsey gives update on his future and fitness "

AARON RAMSEY:


"My way of looking at it is just these two games and trying to keep this club in the Championship.

"It means a lot to me to be given this opportunity and I couldn't turn that down. My full focus is trying to keep Cardiff in the Championship and it will be back to rehab then, with the hamstring.

"I'm trying to get back from a hamstring injury. I will be straight into rehab after this season finishes, that's for sure.

"I was at this club from eight years old, so they give me the opportunity that I will forever be grateful for. To do what I've done in my career, it all started here so it means everything to me.

"For me now to take this on and to play my part, hopefully, in being able to celebrate something at the end of the season, and avoid relegation, would be something special.

"Obviously, [these games] are huge. This club has so much potential to be competing at the highest level.

"It’s not easy when teams go down. We have seen that with other clubs. It is not straightforward. But we're not really thinking about those sorts of things at the moment.

"We can't let that come into our thought process. We have to just focus on the next game and give ourselves a chance and then see where that takes us. But we need everybody fully on board with that for us to have any chance.

"I managed to get the brace off at the weekend. It is still a few months away as I’m still in the very early days of my rehab. I am able to walk around and fully extend my knee for the first time in five weeks or so. In the next few weeks I can start to ramp up the rehab and go through the gears a bit. I had surgery about six weeks ago.

"It was always the plan for me to take the brace off around the five week mark after surgery. It’s about taking the right steps from here.

"For me it is just about focusing on the next two games and then in the summer really focusing on getting a good rehab and giving myself the opportunity to get back into a good place. I had the operation hoping that would give me the best chance to get my hamstring working properly. In a few weeks time I will be back doing rehab and if all that goes well.

"There is still unfinished business. There is a lot still to play for and that World Cup is a massive carrot being dangled. That’s what I will be focusing on in a few weeks time."

Good luck to Ramsey I wish him all the very best of luck