West Ham United attacker Zavon Hines will spend his summer at the club recovering from knee surgery.

Four months after being ruled out, Hines is stepping up his rehabilitation and hopes to be fit to join his team-mates in pre-season training.

"I'm going to start running in about a month and, according to the specialist, everything is going well up to now, so it's good," Hines told whufc.com. "It's just a matter of time. I've got to let it heal and it depends how quickly that happens, then I'll take it from there.

"It's not been harder this time around. To be honest, it's easier, because I've gone through it before. I know what I've got to do and I'm just focusing on getting back to playing.

"I'm spending every day in the gym. I go swimming and running in the pool. I've just started doing that, and that's a big thing, so I've just got to keep going."

Hines added: "My faith is also important to me, actually. I do go to church and I do believe in God and that everything happens for a reason and this is just a test for me and will do me good in the future."