Collison: a debt to repay

  • by Staff Writer
  • Saturday, 14th May 2011

Jack Collison has expressed a preference to reamin at West Ham - regardless of how the current season pans out.

West Ham could be relegated to the Championship by 5:00pm this afternoon should results not go our way. But that is of no concern to the Welsh international, who insists that his future remains at the club.

"After the year I've had, I owe an awful lot of people at West Ham," he told a popular tabloid. "But I'm hoping it won't come to that anyway.

"I'm just looking to get back and show I'm fit and ready to play again. It was a year ago last Thursday that I had my op; I knew I was going to be out for a long time.

"Coming on against Blackburn last Saturday was incredible. I was itching to get off the bench and had my shirt on within two seconds."

With the personal target of a return to first team action now complete, Collison is looking forward to tomorrow's clash at Wigan - a game the Irons must win in order to stand a chance of avoiding relegation.

"I'm looking to go there and prove a point in what will be the biggest game of my career. A real high-pressure game," he added. "It's about doing our utmost as a team to stay up. It's a dogfight, the sort of game you look to be involved in as a footballer."

And he also had special praise for the travelling fans - 4,500 of whom are expected to make the trip to the North West over the course of the weekend.

"The fans are a good bunch," he insisted. "If you show fight and determination they are good to you.

"I can understand how it has felt from their point of view this season. I've been to almost every home game and have been pulling my hair out - and I haven't even got much, it's so short..."

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