Gosling looking beyond ´doom and gloom´

Dan Gosling has revealed that he is ready to put a terrible year behind him and focus on having an injury-free season for club and country.

The Newcastle midfielder enjoyed just one game for his club last season after picking up a knee injury, but the 21-year-old played on Monday as England Under-21s beat Israel 4-1 after a convincing second-half performance and is looking forward to featuring regularly this year.

“It was a doom and gloom year,” he said.

“My friends and family kept me going and I’ve had a few fallings out with the physios.”

“You have to get your head round it and as soon I did that it was a lot of hard work in the gym.”

“Now I’ve made it back and hopefully fingers crossed I can keep injury-free and get as many games as I can.”

Gosling praised the second-half performance in the Under-21 team’s victory over Israel, after a troubled first half saw the hosts go into the break 1-0 down.

The midfielder feels there is a bright future for the national side, and hopes to emulate the success of young players such as Phil Jones and Tom Cleverley, who have made the step up to the senior team.

“It was very nice to get a start and obviously the win as well capped off a good end to the week,” he continued.

“We were disappointed with the first half. At half-time we all came in and I think the tempo was too slow so the second half we’ve come out of the blocks; passed the ball quickly and they couldn’t live with us.”

“Mr Capello’s considering the Under-21s and he watches us closely.”

“You see all the lads pushing on and you think you want to be there as well.”

“Hopefully if you’re in good form for your club then who knows?”