Graeme Souness has revealed he’s back swimming again 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 happy that there seems to be light at the end 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 rejoined the team I did my Channel swim with last year, and I didn’t get the gentle welcome back that I was expecting.
Graeme Souness has revealed he’s back swimming again for the first time in 10 months after undergoing an operation on his shoulder
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“They’re ex-military types who regard themselves as Ferraris and Porsches in the water, while I’m an old 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 because of the tides and the weather.
“I was really encouraged by my 20 minutes in the water with our leader, Andy – breaking myself in gently.
“I view that as a breakthrough. It’s been a long ten months, feeling like an old man and being brutally reminded of the fact by my team-mates.”
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Souness also opened up on this week’s Ballon d’Or controversy.
It had looked inevitable that Vinicius Jr would be crowned the best player 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.
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Yet Souness was pleased to see Rodri recognised.
He added: “I’m delighted that Rodri has won the Ballon d’Or. It’s so often gone to the forwards and headline-grabbers – the Messis and Ronaldos or, in my playing days, the Keegans, Rummenigges and Platinis.
“Only in recent history has the importance of the holding midfield position for the overall success of a team been fully appreciated.
“A lot of their work 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 surgery
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“The best ones in that position do a bit of everything, including chipping in with goals – which was never as important to me as protecting my two central defenders.
“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 average of five a season. But what it would have been like to have played on these modern surfaces, as Rodri can.
Graeme Souness was pleased to see Rodri win the Ballon d’Or earlier this week
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“Coming onto the ball at the edge of the box within striking distance of the goal, the way the ball now rolls across the grass, you should be getting close to double figures in one of the best teams.
“I would certainly be expecting that of myself, if I was performing the Rodri role today.”