JOEY O'Brien is on course to end a season of frustration and get back to the business of establishing himself as one of the rising stars of the Premier League.
The young Dubliner has not played a competitive game since being sidelined with knee problems during last summer's pre-season campaign.
But Sammy Lee expects the 21-year-old midfielder-turned-full-back, who won full international honours with the Republic of Ireland in a 3-0 friendly victory over Sweden in March last year, to be challenging again at the start of next season.
The new Wanderers boss included O'Brien in the party that travelled south yesterday for this afternoon's game at West Ham - not to be involved in the game but to get the feel of being involved again with the first team.
"Joey's rehab is going very well, which is great for him," Lee said. "There's light at the end of the tunnel."
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