Stoke City striker Peter Odemwingie is determined to play again this season.

The 34-year-old winger is back in light training at the club after previously shutting himself away to cope with the psychological blow of suffering his cruciate knee ligament injury at Manchester City back on August 30.

"I am getting closer and closer to returning and that is all I'm thinking about now," says Odemwingie to The Sentinel.

"I've been inside doing a lot of rehab, watching the lads training through the windows, and that has helped because before that I was spending more time away and so wasn't part of the group.

"I am hoping I can come back in 2015 and catch the end of the season. That is my goal."