Tag: training

Matheus Cunha misses Altrincham Christmas lights switch-on after ‘accident in training’
23 November 2025 Off

Matheus Cunha misses Altrincham Christmas lights switch-on after ‘accident in training’

By Total Football News

Players’ injuries are usually announced through official club channels or a manager’s news conference.

But a planned appearance by Manchester United forward Matheus Cunha to turn on the Christmas lights in Altrincham sparked injury concerns among fans.

The Brazil attacker had been due to attend the event alongside Sam Aston – who plays Chesney on Coronation Street – on Saturday evening, just two days before United host Everton in the

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Enzo Maresca: Rory Delap training with Chelsea but Marc Guiu in line to face Sunderland
24 October 2025 Off

Enzo Maresca: Rory Delap training with Chelsea but Marc Guiu in line to face Sunderland

By Total Football News

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca believes being ruthless with Marc Guiu has changed the teenage striker for the better after telling him he was unhappy “in all the ways” with his training efforts.

Maresca has summer signing Liam Delap back in training, albeit not quite ready to return to first-team action after a hamstring injury lay-off.

Delap has been sidelined since August, and it was his blow that prompted Chelsea to

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Yoane Wissa transfer news: Brentford striker leaves Portugal training camp amid Newcastle, Tottenham and Nottingham Forest interest
22 July 2025 Off

Yoane Wissa transfer news: Brentford striker leaves Portugal training camp amid Newcastle, Tottenham and Nottingham Forest interest

By Total Football News

Brentford forward Yoane Wissa has left the team’s pre-season base in Portugal amid growing uncertainty over his future.

BBC Sport has learned the 28-year-old has returned to London from the Bees’ training camp.

Wissa will now hold talks with Brentford director of football Phil Giles with a trio of Premier League clubs keen on him.

Newcastle, Tottenham and Nottingham Forest are among those with a firm interest in the DR

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Marcus Rashford: Man Utd forward to return to training on Monday
4 July 2025 Off

Marcus Rashford: Man Utd forward to return to training on Monday

By Total Football News

Rashford said last month he would like to play alongside forward Lamine Yamal at Barcelona.

United’s pre-season training starts on Monday, and sources close to Rashford have said he has no problem with returning.

The club’s first pre-season friendly is against Leeds on 19 July in Stockholm before they go to the US for the Premier League Summer Series friendlies.

Rashford has spent 20 years at United, scoring 138 goals

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Trent Alexander-Arnold: Liverpool defender returns to training before Leicester game in Premier League
16 April 2025 Off

Trent Alexander-Arnold: Liverpool defender returns to training before Leicester game in Premier League

By Total Football News

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has returned to training before their Premier League fixture with Leicester City on Sunday.

The 26-year-old England international has been absent since he sustained an ankle injury in Liverpool’s Champions League last-16 defeat by Paris St-Germain in March.

Reds boss Arne Slot previously said he expected Alexander-Arnold to be back before the end of the season, but did not put a specific timeframe on when

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Pierre Dwomoh: Belgian midfielder set to return to training after thigh injury
6 March 2025 Off

Pierre Dwomoh: Belgian midfielder set to return to training after thigh injury

By Total Football News

Watford boss Tom Cleverley expects Belgian midfielder Pierre Dwomoh to return to training next week after almost two months on the sidelines.

The 20-year-old has not played since suffering a thigh injury during the 4-1 FA Cup defeat by Premier League side Fulham on 9 January.

Goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann is two weeks away from a return to training, having damaged ankle ligaments against Sheffield United, also in January.

Cleverley has

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Rodri: Manchester City midfielder back in individual training after ACL injury
28 February 2025 Off

Rodri: Manchester City midfielder back in individual training after ACL injury

By Total Football News

Simon Stone, chief football news reporter

The images of Rodri out on the first-team training pitches, running, turning and kicking the ball, will gladden the heart of every Manchester City fan.

Even the sun came out.

Manager Pep Guardiola has played down talk of an imminent return to action and evidently, there is a long way to go before Rodri actually plays a proper game again.

However, with nearly three

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Aaron Hickey: Brentford defender returns to training after 16 months out
14 February 2025 Off

Aaron Hickey: Brentford defender returns to training after 16 months out

By Total Football News

Brentford defender Aaron Hickey has returned to training after being sidelined since October 2023.

The 22-year-old Scotland full-back suffered a hamstring issue during the Bees’ Premier League game against Chelsea last season.

He then suffered a further setback in his recovery during a training session in August 2024 before undergoing surgery for a second time.

Last month, Hickey signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal to extend his stay with

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Arsenal injury news: Kai Havertz injured hamstring blocking shot in training – Mikel Arteta
14 February 2025 Off

Arsenal injury news: Kai Havertz injured hamstring blocking shot in training – Mikel Arteta

By Total Football News

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says Kai Havertz’s “unexpected” season-ending injury came when the striker blocked a shot during training.

The Germany forward will miss the remainder of the campaign after sustaining a hamstring injury during a winter training break in Dubai.

Havertz will have surgery on the issue and is not expected to return until pre-season.

“He was going to stop a shot after a set-piece and stretched the leg

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