Sean McGurk has been given a boost in his recovery from injury as he has returned to Swindon Town training ahead of Notts County.

It has been a frustrating summer for the former Leeds United youngster as he has had persistent discomfort since starting the first pre-season game at Swindon Supermarine in July having made an exciting start to life at the Nigel Eady County Ground last season.

Mark Kennedy has said that the midfielder had been suffering from a hip flexor issue during July that kept him out of the rest of pre-season although he had been expected to return close to the start of the campaign.

However, despite attempts to reintegrate him into training, Swindon had been having problems as McGurk continued to feel discomfort no matter how much he was doing, surprising the medical staff as he did not seem to have any obvious issues.

Last week Kennedy said that Swindon would need to figure the situation out before long because of the football he was missing and it seems like they have figured out the problem and it is positive news.

He said: “He has got some irritable scar tissue, which is a good thing, really, because the long and short of it is that if he can withstand the pain or what his pain threshold is then he should be ok.

“That is down to the individual, he is uncomfortable but in terms of him damaging himself or making things worse when he is training, he is good to go and has been on the grass today, so that has been a real positive.”

McGurk is one of a number of exciting attacking options that Swindon possess following the late additions of Kabongo Tshimanga and Danny Butterworth and Kennedy feels that will provide him with flexibility.

He said: “I think that you should always have a go-to shape. In my last club we were 343 and we went to 352, here we want to be 352 but we do have the flexibility to change that as well.

“Not with Kabs [Tshimanga] but with people like Jake Cain, Nnamdi [Ofoborh], and Joel Cotterill, who I think would be a stunning seven/11.

“We have got plenty of pocket players to do that but we don’t want to be a one-dimensional team.

“We need to have the flexibility to change in the game, there are just a couple of non-negotiables that I would always have.”