Put your feet up Niko

Niko Kranjcar does not strike me as a naturally fit athlete.
Whenever the talented Croatian is a yard off the pace, it shows.
When he first joined Pompey he was sluggish and at the start of this season he’s been sluggish.
However, for the season in between he’s been fantastic and without doubt he’s one of the club’s leading lights.
Last campaign proved he had adapted to the Premier League, but by the end he looked like he was feeling it.
Then instead of resting, he had the demands of a European Championship with Croatia to deal with.
The result, despite additional time off, was he came back to England and looked knackered.
His ruptured ankle ligaments, therefore, is a blessing in disguise.
No injury is good news, but providing he comes back focused and puts in some hard yards, he’ll have had the rest he needed in the summer.
Pompey will get a classy ball-player back on top form ready for the Christmas period.
They’ll resist the temptation to flog him to Arsenal or Monaco and and he’ll orchestrate a Pompey surge into the top six.
That’s the plan anyway!