Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce has revealed that striker Jonathan Kodjia is back to full fitness and will be in the squad to face Hull City this weekend, and fans have gone into meltdown on Twitter at the news.
Ivory Coast international Kodjia has been missing since November after undergoing a second operation on an ankle injury, with fears that he would miss the rest of the season.
The 28-year-old forward initially suffered the injury at the end of last season before having surgery to correct it, and returned in September for eight games.
However, he suffered a recurrence of the injury while on international duty and has been missing for four months after his second bout of surgery.
After returning to first-team training in recent weeks, Bruce has now confirmed that Kodjia is fully fit and will be part of the squad that travel to the KC Stadium on Saturday.
The news was revealed on the club’s Twitter account on Friday morning:
? CONFIRMED: Steve Bruce says @J_Kodjia is back to full fitness and will be in the matchday squad against @HullCity tomorrow! ?#PartOfThePride #AVFC pic.twitter.com/z5M0MTgRTt
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) March 30, 2018
Villa travel to Hull in need of a win to keep up their slim automatic promotion hopes, which have taken a blow in recent weeks with losses to QPR and Bolton.
Fans have taken to Twitter to go mad at Kodjia’s return, with the Ivorian obviously a favourite among supporters at Villa Park.
This is Futbol have rounded up some of the best tweets:
Best news of the season, great boost at just the right time. Tough choices up front now! @SkyBetChamp
— Lee Gibson (@LeeGibson6) March 30, 2018
Come on! The big man is back! Well done @J_Kodjia , it’s been a long road to recovery ??
— Carl Ford ??? (@TheCarlFord) March 30, 2018
Return of the King!
— Dan Turkö (@DTurko) March 30, 2018
The King is back!!! UTV!
— Rob (@robmooreavfc) March 30, 2018
Phenomenal news. Who gets dropped?
— BAZ ROBBO (The Magician) AVFC???????? (@baz_robertson) March 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/turner295/status/979648126012284928
This is absolutely beautiful
— Chlo (@Chloavfc_) March 30, 2018