Jordy Clasie has set his sights on showing the Southampton fans what he can do after recovering from his early-season injury setbacks.

The midfielder, who joined the club in the summer from Dutch side Feyenoord, was injured during his first game in a Saints shirt against Vitesse in the UEFA Europa League.

On his return to fitness he featured for Martin Hunter’s Under-21s side, but another injury in that game against Manchester City ruled him out of action until last week.

The Netherlands international got 60 minutes under his belt in a behind-closed-doors friendly last Thursday, and says he’s raring to go ahead of Leicester City this weekend.

“It’s up to the trainer if I play some minutes or if I’m in the squad. I hope so because I’m fit and I can’t wait,” Clasie told youtube.com/southamptonfc.

“It was an unlucky start to the season but now I hope I can show my qualities on the pitch and I can show the fans what I have.

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“It was the right moment for me to play some minutes with the squad (in last week’s friendly). I was happy that I could play after I think seven weeks.

“It was tough mentally because I’ve never been injured and then I came here to a new cub and I got two injuries. My start to the season was not so perfect, but now I’m back.

“I think it was two weeks ago I make a full session with the squad, and now my focus is on my first minutes in the first team.”

Clasie admits that while the international break was good for him in aiding his return to full fitness, it may not have come at the best time for the rest of the squad.

“For me the international break was perfect. I can make some minutes on the pitch. For me the week off was good,” he added.

“But for the boys maybe it was not because there was a good feeling and they win their matches, but we will see this weekend.”

The 24 year-old feels as though Saints are now starting to find their feet after a tough start to the campaign, with wins against MK Dons, Swansea City and Chelsea in the build-up to the international break.

“The first games they were difficult for the team because we got just two or three points,” he explained, “but the last two or three weeks they were doing very well.

“They take the three points away to Chelsea, which was a very good game and the game before we win as well. I hope we can do it again this week.”





