Ade Adeyemo says "a dark time" at Crawley Town is now completely behind him, as he looks towards a more positive future at the League Two club.
The 27-year-old signed a new two-year contract with the Reds this week, six months after he thought his Crawley career was over when he was axed from the squad amid a relegation battle.
"I'm very happy to be signing for this great club again," he told BBC Radio Sussex.
"I can't say that I would have thought I would be here, but it's credit to the hard work I've put in and the people behind the scenes. I'm just really happy here."
On 1 January, Crawley lost 2-1 at Barnet, leaving them just two points above the relegation zone. Adeyemo came on for the last 10 minutes, but that was the last action he would see for more than six weeks.