RYAN LONGMAN has admitted that he does not know what his future holds – leaving him determined to make the most of the next few weeks at Millwall.
The 23-year-old is nearing the end of his season-long loan move at The Den and has so far played 27 times since arriving from Hull City last summer.
The versatile midfielder, who could make his 100th Championship appearance in tomorrow’s game against West Bromwich Albion, has yet to have discussions with his parent club on what might be next for him.
But Longman said he is too focused on the immediate job of helping Millwall get results to get too wrapped up into future plans.
Asked about how he’s found the loan move so far, he told NewsAtDen: “It’s been better than what I could have imagined, to be fair. Obviously I would have liked to have been on the scoresheet a few more times and hopefully I can get a couple more goals before the end of the season, but I’ve enjoyed my time here.
“It’s definitely been a crazy year having three different managers and it’s been a bit of shock adapting to different styles of football but I’ve really enjoyed my time here and I’m just going to try and enjoy these last few weeks of the season.”
On Hull, he added: “I’ve not had any conversations with them at the moment, just been focusing on my football and going game-by-game. My whole attention has been full on getting the job done for Millwall. It’s a mad game and you never know what’s going to happen.”
One negative from Longman’s time in south-east London was the uncomfortable shoulder dislocation he suffered in last month’s 1-1 draw with Preston North End, which briefly left him in such pain he felt like his “arm was falling off”.
He said: “It’s just unfortunate how it happened. It was a freak of an accident. The Preston player has not meant it maliciously or anything. I just turned and he just hit my arm in an awkward way and my arm just sort of popped out.
“The first two minutes I thought my arm was falling off. It was horrible. It just went all numb and floppy and initially I thought I broke it. But when the doctor ran on and he started moving it a little bit and I started feeling a bit of sensation. It was a weird feeling.”
Longman has become known for his versatility and has played in a number of different positions for Millwall this season, including wing-back and up front.
The loanee thinks it might be time to settle down on a single position and shed the reputation of being so flexible.
He said: “What I’ve learnt this season is that even though one of my biggest strengths is that I am very versatile and can play in multiple positions, I feel like that also could be my biggest weakness. So maybe I just need to get an idea of where I want to play for the rest of my career and trying to find that one position where I can really knuckle down.
“But as of right now I’m just enjoying playing and just doing what I can for the team. Whether that’s up front, on the wing, wing-back, wherever.”