Tag: training

Enes Unal: Bournemouth striker suffers tear to right anterior cruciate ligament during training
8 January 2025 Off

Enes Unal: Bournemouth striker suffers tear to right anterior cruciate ligament during training

By Total Football News

Bournemouth striker Enes Unal has suffered a tear to the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a training session, the club have confirmed.

Unal, 27, signed for the Cherries permanently from Getafe on a four-year deal last summer, having joined on loan in the January transfer window.

The Turkey international, who has made 17 appearances this season and scored two goals, picked up the contact injury in a

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Liam Manning: Bristol City injured players back in training says manager
20 December 2024 Off

Liam Manning: Bristol City injured players back in training says manager

By Total Football News

Bristol City’s squad have had a boost with injured right-back George Tanner back in full training before the busy festive period.

Tanner has not played since the start of November, while full-back Ross McCrorie is also nearing his return having not played since October because of a hamstring injury.

Scott Twine, who played 31 minutes in Saturday’s draw against QPR after returning from an injury, has also been “building up”.

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Luke Shaw: Manchester United defender back in training after three months out
8 November 2024 Off

Luke Shaw: Manchester United defender back in training after three months out

By Total Football News

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw has returned to training following three months out with injury.

The England left-back, who hasn’t played for the club since February, sustained a calf injury in early August.

He had been expected to return after the international break in October but former manager Erik ten Hag said Shaw had suffered a “setback”.

Shaw suffered a hamstring injury in February that ruled him out of the

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Martin Odegaard: Arsenal captain returns to full training
5 November 2024 Off

Martin Odegaard: Arsenal captain returns to full training

By Total Football News

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has returned to full training after two months out with an ankle injury.

The Norway midfielder, 25, has been out since September, missing 12 games, after damaging his ankle ligaments on international duty.

He trained with the Arsenal squad before Wednesday’s Champions League game at Inter Milan.

Arsenal have picked up just one point out of a possible nine in their last three Premier League games

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Ben Chilwell: Chelsea defender set to return to first-team training after exile
13 September 2024 Off

Ben Chilwell: Chelsea defender set to return to first-team training after exile

By Total Football News

Chelsea left-back Ben Chilwell is set to start training with the first team again after failing to get a move away from the club before the transfer deadline.

The England international, 27, was one of several Blues players frozen out and training seperately but unlike many of the others – including Raheem Sterling, Romelu Lukaku and Trevoh Chalobah – remains at Stamford Bridge.

Clubs must name a Premier League squad

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Mikel Merino: Arsenal signing out for ‘ a few weeks’ after sustaining shoulder injury in training
30 August 2024 Off

Mikel Merino: Arsenal signing out for ‘ a few weeks’ after sustaining shoulder injury in training

By Total Football News

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says new signing Mikel Merino will be out for a “few weeks” after injuring his shoulder during his first training session with the club.

The Spaniard completed a £31.6m move to the Gunners from Real Sociedad on Tuesday.

Merino, Arsenal’s second signing of the summer following the arrival of Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna, trained with his new club for the first time on Thursday.

The 28-year-old

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Conor Gallagher to return to Chelsea training as proposed Atletico Madrid move stalls
14 August 2024 Off

Conor Gallagher to return to Chelsea training as proposed Atletico Madrid move stalls

By Total Football News

Conor Gallagher is expected to return to training at Chelsea’s Cobham training ground on Wednesday after landing back in London with his Atletico Madrid transfer in the balance.

The England international, 24, was pictured in the La Liga club’s Metropolitano Stadium on Saturday and spent five days in a hotel in Madrid but has been unable to complete his £33m transfer.

His move was halted because Chelsea’s £34.5m deal to

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Tom Lockyer: Luton captain back at training ground to continue rehab after cardiac arrest
13 August 2024 Off

Tom Lockyer: Luton captain back at training ground to continue rehab after cardiac arrest

By Total Football News

Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer has returned to the club’s training ground to continue his rehabilitation work, almost eight months after collapsing on the pitch in a Premier League match against Bournemouth.

Wales defender Lockyer, 29, suffered a cardiac arrest on 16 December and was “technically dead” for nearly three minutes.

In May he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast he was “at peace” with the prospect of retirement but did

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Man Utd: Bastian Schweinsteiger says Jose Mourinho banned him from training
18 April 2024 0

Man Utd: Bastian Schweinsteiger says Jose Mourinho banned him from training

By Total Football News
Bastian Schweinsteiger on the bench with Wayne Rooney
Bastian Schweinsteiger (left) won the World Cup with Germany in 2014 and ended his career with 121 caps

Former midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger says he was banned from first-team training by manager Jose Mourinho during his time at Manchester United.

Schweinsteiger, 39, made 31 appearances under Louis van Gaal in 2015-16.

He played only four games under Mourinho the following season before joining MLS club Chicago Fire in 2017.

“I was

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