Republic of Ireland forward Seanie Maguire has returned to the Preston North End squad to face Bolton after making a full recovery from surgery on his injured hamstring.
Maguire initially injured his hamstring in October while playing for Preston but played in the club’s 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa at the start of November, after which, he discovered that he had sustained an injury that required surgery.
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One change from last weekend, Paul Gallagher replaces Louis Moult.
Sean Maguire returns to the squad for the first time since 1st November after recovering from a hamstring injury! 💪#yellows pic.twitter.com/2j6EQH7LT6
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Maguire has since made a full recovery and was named on the bench for the trip to the Macron Stadium this afternoon with Paul Gallagher in for Louis Moult the only change from the Preston side that lost to Ipswich Town last weekend.
Following his move from Cork City last season, Maguire scored three goals and provided three assists in his 10 Championship starts.
The forward said earlier this week that he wants to get back to where he was before his injury and that he wants to contend for a place in the starting side.
“It’s touching distance away now, hopefully in the next couple of weeks I can be back in contention for selection,” he told the Preston North End website.
“Now I’m back in training with the squad and to get some minutes in the tank against Burnley was brilliant. Just to get the matchday feeling back, waking up in the morning and knowing you had a game, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now and I’m just looking forward.
“I want to get back to where I was before, that’s getting myself back in the team and doing as much as I can for the squad and hopefully get back into getting goals and assists.”
