Argyle's Boateng relieved to be back in action

Malachi Boateng says he is relieved to be able to return for Plymouth Argyle after his knee ligament injury.

The 24-year-old midfielder was ever-present in League One for the Pilgrims last season but spent almost two months on the sidelines after being hurt in the Pilgrims' 1-1 draw at Wycombe Wanderers on 22 August.

"Initially once you do it you fear the worst and start overthinking," he told BBC Radio Devon.

"I got a bit of support from the lads and the gaffer as well, they said 'just wait until the scan comes back', which was luckily not as bad as we initially thought."

Boateng returned as a late substitute in the 0-0 draw with Reading on 31 October before getting an hour in the 4-0 FA Cup win over non-league Alvechurch last Saturday.

Boateng should be part of the Plymouth squad as they travel to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

"It's probably the biggest setback I've had so far in my career, but it's one I'm grateful for," he added.

"It allowed me to kind of take a step back and look at things, so I'm just grateful that I had it, but grateful to be back stronger as well.

"When you're here you want to obviously focus on football as the first thing.

"But not being able to do that and not being able to help the team and stuff like that was difficult

"Obviously the lads were doing well, lads that I have full faith in as well, the gaffer I have faith in as well, so it was difficult but it was good to see that the boys were getting some results and I wasn't expecting anything different really."