Cahill steps up recovery ahead of Asian Cup

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2007

SYDNEY (AFP) — Injured Everton midfielder Tim Cahill says he has received encouraging news on his broken foot and will start running this weekend as he works towards playing for Australia in July's Asian Cup.

The 27-year-old Cahill, a key member of the Socceroos, fractured a metatarsal in his left foot against Sheffield United in early March, and now rates his recovery progress at 80 percent.

Cahill received good news Wednesday from a specialist about his injury, enough for Everton to send their head physiotherapist to Sydney to finalise the next phase of Cahill's rehabilitation programme, reports said Thursday.

"I don't want to get ahead of myself too much, but I'm quietly confident, I'm happy," Cahill told the Sydney Morning Herald.

"Before I left...

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