SEAN GOSS admits he is fortunate to still be playing football after spending a year out of the game with a fractured back while he was with Manchester United.

The midfielder put pen-to-paper on a loan deal with Rangers last week as he became the first signing of the window for boss Graeme Murty.

But Goss has opened up on the horror injury that left him sidelined at Old Trafford before he left in search of first team action at Queens Park Rangers.

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He said: “I fractured my back. I was out for about 12 months although I had a really slow build-up in terms of my recovery and I feel absolutely fine now.

“It was a gradual build-up and then after one game I woke up in the morning and I couldn’t move.

“I didn’t have a clue what was going on. I was in the apartment with one of the boys and eventually I was able to get into the training ground.

“I am fortunate to still be playing, when you think about it, so I don’t look back with any regret.

“When you are out for that long and you’re still feeling you’re thinking ‘what’s happening here?’

“You try not to think about it too much and take every week as it comes.

“You worry about it but I was lucky I was in the perfect place to get back fit with the doctors and the people they knew.

“Thankfully I didn’t have to have surgery. It was injections and lots of rest. I spent a lot of time doing nothing.”

Goss spent three years with United after making the move from Exeter City but he couldn’t force his way into the Red Devils first team.

A switch to Ibrox until the end of the campaign has given the Englishman a chance to kick-start his career once again.

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And Goss is up for the challenge after fighting his way back to full fitness and returning to the game at the end of a nightmare twelve months.

He said: “It was the same time that Luke Shaw broke his leg and we got to similar levels in terms of our rehab so when you have someone by your side it’s a real help.

“One day you might be low and you’re motivation is not good so you try to help a mate out – that helped both of us.

“I had some dealings with Darren Fletcher in my first couple of years and he was a massive character around the club.

“He was a great example of how to come back from a serious problem. There was some doubt about him over his illness but it showed his character that he came back strong and he’s still doing it now.”