Norwich City star Kenny McLean has said he is in the midst of his best year in football.
The former Aberdeen man has played a vital part in the Canaries promotion back to the Premier League this season.
That success has just been one of many highlights of the last eight months.
Speaking to The Lancashire Sport the Scotland International said: "It’s been an excellent year and this year has been the highlight of my career.
"It started off with signing a new contract, then [qualifying for] the Euros and now promotion, so it’s been good.
"I think I’ll look back on it more in a couple of years as being really successful."
One thing McLean claims has put a slight dampener on this season has been the lack of supporters inside stadiums.
He continued: "Right now, it still seems a wee bit - not flat - but not as good as it could have been with the fans in.
“If the fans were in this season with what’s happened to me personally on the pitch, with the Euros and winning the league it would’ve been another level, but what we’ve done is still special.
It is not the first time the Cambuslang man has tasted success with Norwich, as he has already been part of a promotion success in the 2018/19 season.
However, he feels this one is even more sweeter.
“I feel I’ve really contributed more this time than I did a couple of years ago, when I missed a big part of the season due to injury when we got promoted,” he said.
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“So it’s been a good season and I’ve felt good within that.
”We are still building as a club. We’ve got a really good group here, hopefully we can keep everyone together and maybe add to that in the summer and we’ll see how it goes in the Premier League.”
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