Middlesbrough when he joined on loan in January from Brighton last season.The 22-year-old, who dated Love Islander beauty Lucinda Strafford until earlier this year, has claimed that now he is back to winning ways mentally and his time in Italy, playing for the northern Serie B side, has been a massive boost.READ MORE: Mike Dean gets trolled with 'The Greatest Showman' by other officialsHe said: "Physically and mentally, I haven't felt this strong in a long time.
A lot of people know why I haven’t kicked on and I know myself."That’s why this move to Italy was vital, just to get away from the circle I was in back in England, I needed a fresh start.“My confidence was on the deck, when I missed chances and hadn’t been playing.
I wasn’t in the right place to go on loan last year" I did it because I wanted to play football but I wish this version of myself right now had showed up at Middlesbrough.
It would have been a different story."The Irish forward continued: “Mentally, I wouldn’t have been able to move abroad last season.
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