Newcastle United winger Hatem Ben Arfa insists he is back to 100% following the badly broken leg he sustained last season.
The Frenchman was injured in a contest with Manchester City's Nigel de Jong in October last year, leaving him with a double fracture.
But after nine months on the sidelines, Ben Arfa feels as though he is back to full fitness and is keen to give his all for the Magpies next term.
"It was a very serious injury, of course, and took a long time to recover from, but I'm 100% fit now," he told the club's official website.
"A lot of my recovery was done at Clairefontaine, the French football centre, where I was under the control of the doctor who did the operation back in October.
"I also came back to Newcastle for various updates with the club's medical staff here, then back to Clairefontaine to continue the recovery, and I managed to get a couple of breaks in as well because you need that to keep the morale going.
"And now I'm no longer under the doctor, so all the hard work has paid off.
"It was a very, very difficult few months and I'm really happy that now it's all over and I can get cracking. I'm really eager to get back."