Scott Parker has helped to ease any lingering doubts regarding his fitness ahead of Euro 2012 by claiming that he is 'ready to go'.
Spurs midfielder says he is fully fit ahead of Euro 2012
Scott Parker has helped to ease any lingering doubts regarding his fitness ahead of Euro 2012 by claiming that he is 'ready to go'.
The Tottenham midfielder was forced to sit out the end of the 2011/12 Premier League campaign after picking up an Achilles injury.
It was suggested that the problem would dash his European Championship dream, preventing him from gracing a major international tournament for the first time.
Parker was, however, able to come through a 55-minute run out against Norway on Saturday unscathed.
Despite being seen sat on the bench with an ice pack strapped to his ankle, Parker said: "It was my first game for a while and I'm pleased I've come through it. It felt good and I felt fine.
"I had trained for the previous three days and it's the first time I trained for a while and it felt okay. I was relieved.
"It probably couldn't have come at a worse time really, the injury, for Tottenham as well, coming at the back end of the season after doing so well.
"Obviously I wanted to be part of that and to miss out left the fear I might miss out on the Euros as well. I am glad things have cleared up a little bit and I am ready to go."
Disciplined
Parker is now expected to form part of Roy Hodgson's 23-man squad for Euro 2012 and he is looking forward to working under the former Fulham and West Brom boss - who started his rein with a 1-0 win in Oslo.
Parker said: "It is a different manager with different ideas. You have to adapt as players as quick as possible.
"We are all playing at different clubs and have different styles of play and he has set us up and told us how to play and we tried to do it against Norway.
"It is about being tactically aware and disciplined as a team which you have to be at international level. You could see it with their team. They were very disciplined and hard to break down at times.
"It is very clear what the manager wants and he can get that across very, very well. So that is clear.
"We are always a threat on the break and, as always, if you can have a solid foundation to build on you can hurt teams, and we certainly have the individuals to do that.
"I am sure over the next week to 10 days we will take things from this and we will drill a bit more and have a better idea of things."
