Just as Cardiff City midfielder Ebou Adams was nearing his return to the first-team fray, he has endured another injury setback.
Adams, a player who tore up League Two as Forest Green Rovers stormed to promotion last season, was sought after by a number of Championship clubs this summer, but bought into the project at Cardiff and was told he would be one of the key members of this new-look Bluebirds side.
A box-to-box, combative midfielder who added to the attacking side of his game while at Forest Green, many within the club were excited to see what he could do, having jumped up two rungs in the EFL ladder to the Championship.