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Jack Butland returns to training after year out with ankle injury

England's goalkeeper Jack Butland listens to the national anthem ahead the friendly football match Germany v England at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Ma
Image: Jack Butland is hoping to make his return to first-team football with Stoke City before the end of the season

Stoke City goalkeeper Jack Butland has completed his first day of training after more than 12 months out with an ankle injury.

Butland suffered the injury while playing against Germany for England last March, and a series of setbacks in his recovery has seen him sidelined ever since, missing Euro 2016 as a result.

The 24-year-old's recovery is finally back on track, though, and last week spoke of his desire to return to first-team action before the end of this campaign.

Butland made it through his first day of training with the Stoke squad on Monday, and wrote on Twitter: "Great first day back training with the boys, ankle felt really good and I'm getting more confident with it by the day! Not long now."

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Tubes met up with Stoke City's Jack Butland to talk to the gaolkeeper on his return from long-term injury

He underwent his most recent operation on the ankle in December and spent time undergoing rehabilitation in Qatar during the winter.

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Lee Grant, who has been deputising for Butland at Stoke this season, has kept nine clean sheets in his 26 appearances to date.

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