Midfielder given green light to return to training.

Midfielder given green light to return to training.

Derby County midfielder George Thorne has been given the all clear to resume full training.

The 22-year-old suffered an anterior cruciate ligament knee injury in July during Derby’s pre-season friendly against Zenit St Petersburg in Austria.

The initial prognosis was that Thorne could be sidelined from playing for anything between six to nine months after undergoing surgery days later.

He today visited a specialist for his scheduled six month check-up, and was given the green light to resume training with the rest of Derby’s first-team squad.

The summer signing from West Bromwich Albion, who made a big impact whilst on loan at Derby in the second half of last season, had been taking part in light training in recent weeks.

Thorne made 12 appearances whilst with Derby last season and scored on two occasions.

The latter of those goals was a thumping volley in the Rams’ Play-Off Semi Final Second Leg victory over Brighton & Hove Albion at the iPro Stadium in May.

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