Brady keen to end miserable season on a high

A season which began full of promise and was then torn apart by injury could yet end on a high note for Robbie Brady, with the Hull City winger eyeing up a comeback in time for Ireland’s summer friendlies and, possibly, a Wembley cup final.

The former Manchester United tyro hit the ground running at the start of his maiden voyage in the Premier League, scoring four times for the Tigers in the first two months, but he was already playing through the pain barrier even then and now, after undergoing double hernia and double groin operations, he’s determined to confound predictions that he wouldn’t play football again before the summer.

“I thought I’d be out for the season,” Brady admits, “but I’m a couple of weeks ahead of my rehab now and we have the FA semi-final on Sunday against Sheffield United so, hopefully, if we get through that, I’ll be back in contention for the final.