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Twelve months out injured took its toll on Gabby George... but with the help of cousin Jesse Lingard she is fit, firing and full of belief to get Everton in the Champions League (and she's targeting England recognition too!)

After 12 months of being sidelined with an anterior cruciate ligament injury, what was it like for Gabby George when she returned to training last month? ‘I felt a bit drunk!’ the Everton defender laughed. ‘Everything was like a blur, my speech and vision. It had been nearly a year since I’d been training.’

Toffees boss Willie Kirk recently said his players had ‘felt the full force of Gabby George once again’. The centre-back admitted she had perhaps been a little too eager to get back into things.

‘I was in the session as a non-contact player and gave away the ball and my first instinct was to go and get it back so I went through the back of Elise Hughes and she was like “oh my god!