The Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas believes he is on course to recover from a broken leg in time to make Spain's football World Cup squad.
Fabregas has been out of action since cracking a bone in his fibula during the Champions League quarter-final first-leg against Barcelona on March 31st.
The 22-year-old midfielder has been rehabilitating in Spain in a bid to be ready for his country's opening World Cup fixture against Switzerland in Durban on June 16th.
He says his recovery from a cracked fibula is on schedule and that he has started jogging.
He says he'll join up the with Spanish national team in a fortnight and should be able to join in a bit when they play Saudi Arabia five days later.