“It’s never nice getting an injury in pre-season,” he reflected. “Especially when I nearly got through it then I just picked up a little injury.
“It’s always disappointing and then it sort of kills the start of the season for you because you’re ready to go into it with full fitness and then you have a setback, so it’s difficult.
“It’s never nice but I just need to try to get my full fitness back now and try to play as many games and try to help the team as much as possible.”
The Reds, of course, welcomed a raft of new signings to the club across the summer transfer window.
Bradley acknowledged work is ongoing to strengthen the fresh connections being forged on the pitch, but hailed the quality each recruit brings.
“It definitely does take time,” he said of the gelling required. “I think you have to build relationships, which you can’t just do in one day. That’s over weeks and months and things like that.
“But I think all the new lads have settled in really well. They’re all really nice people first of all and obviously they’re all top players from what you see online from what they’ve done at their previous clubs and what they’re doing for us.
“They’re all top people, top players and I think we’re really lucky to have them.”
