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Injured Bradford striker Cook determined to return

Bradford City striker Andy Cook is mobbed by team-mates as he celebratesRex Features

Andy Cook scored 15 goals in 29 appearances for Bradford this term before suffering a season-ending knee injury on 1 January

Bradford City striker Andy Cook has said he has no doubts about making a return from a serious knee injury.

The 34-year-old suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in a League Two game at Barrow on 1 January.

Cook has scored 77 goals in 169 league games for the Bantams since initially ing them on loan from Mansfield in January 2021.

"I will be putting that number nine shirt back on, that is for definite. I will be back, that is a fact," he told BBC Radio Leeds.

"I can't wait because there is nothing better than playing in front of this crowd here at Valley Parade."

He added: "The day I found out I had done my ACL I was straight on to Google and searching players who had done it because I was 34 years old and I'd never had a serious injury before.

"I was looking at Zlatan [Ibrahimovic], did it at 38 and 40 and he came back and played but people are saying Andy Cook will be done? No, that's not going to be the case. I've got it in me to come back from this.

"[Alan] Shearer, my idol, did it in when he was younger and came back and scored 30-odd goals in a season. I'm not saying I'm going to do that but why can't I come back and play on until I'm 40 like Zlatan">