West Ham United striker Benni McCarthy is hoping he can repay the faith the East London club showed in him.
The South African's career looked to be set for the scrapheap when he was struggling for game time with Blackburn Rovers but the Hammers came in for him on the final day of the transfer deadline earlier this year.
After finishing last season with a handful of appearances for the Hammers before getting injured, McCarthy is looking to get back to full fitness and be an important factor in Avram Grant's line-up.
"I want to come back and work my socks off because this is the club that employed me," he told the Daily Mail.
"They thought I was the player to get them out of the mess they were in last season and I thought I could do it.
"Then, unfortunately, I got injured. I've never been injured in my career and I was devastated when they said six to eight weeks.
"I don't need to prove anything to anyone but I do want to show people what I can do."
