Ethan Galbraith: Swansea City and Northern Ireland midfielder ‘all good’ after calf injury

Swansea City midfielder Ethan Galbraith says his calf injury is “all good” after being included in Northern Ireland’s squad for friendlies with Guinea and France.

Galbraith has not played since the friendly draw with Wales at the end of March, which followed Northern Ireland’s World Cup play-off loss to Italy.

In April, Swansea boss Victor Matos said he would prefer to rest the 24-year-old during the June international window, but Galbraith said he had held conversations with his club manager and medical team.

After missing the rest of Swansea’s Championship campaign, Galbraith said he was “ticked off” by the club’s medical team to link up with Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland face Guinea in Spain on Thursday before facing France in Les Bleus’ World Cup opener in Lille on June 8.

“I’m happy to come to camp,” Galbraith said.

“I spent six or seven weeks with a physio, so it was quite a long time just training by myself but everything is good now.

“It’s definitely disappointing when you spend time on the sidelines. So these games are great for everyone, but it’s good to come back from injury.”

After an impressive first season at Swansea, where he was deployed at right back and in midfield, Galbaith has been linked with Premier League as well as Championship rivals Wrexham, but says his focus is on his current club.

“It’s nice when you see people saying you’re doing well, but at the moment I’m a Swansea player and just going to try and focus on Swansea.”