England midfielder Izzy Christiansen hopes she could yet be fit in time for the 2019 Women's World Cup following a fibula fracture and ankle ligament damage suffered while playing for the Lionesses at the SheBelieves Cup in March.
The ex-Manchester City star, who now plays for French giants Lyon, underwent surgery soon afterwards, but has told BBC Sport that the operation was only to fix the fracture and fortunately not needed on the ligaments. She could therefore be back training in the 'next couple of weeks'.
"I had a fibula fracture and some ligament damage and fortunately I didn't have to have surgery on the ligaments.