Transfer Rumours Summer 2025 Transfer Thread…

He can work on all that without actually playing a game. I'm sure he's still owed to kick a ball and do strengthen training as long as he's not involved at a club

 

Why can't he hire his own personal trainer

 

A ban is a total ban, he can’t even play in a authority governed 5 a side game with his mates.

 

Which definitely makes sense. The penalty is until November, it's not until November and then the time it would take to get him up to speed to play. The expectation should be that when his ban is over he's able to essentially be available for selection, otherwise you're compounding his punishment.

 

Not often it is said but Brady is bang on

 

Hiring a PT just isn’t the same as training with teammates and playing 11v11 football. When a player has been sitting on the bench for ages and finally makes an appearance, we’ll sometimes mention that they look ‘rusty’. That’s sharpness, not fitness. It’s about keeping up with the rhythm and intensity of a game, not how knackered they are after running.

 

That's why I said he'd be back in January or hopefully Christmas.

Why would he just be concentrating on not being knackered after running. You can do a lot more on your own or with a personal trainer than just running

 

I know but no amount of cardio or strength conditioning is a comparable substitute to training with teammates and playing games. I’d expect him to be fitter and stronger when he returns. I don’t expect him to match sharp for a while.

 

I might start a Zambrano thread....... oh hang on.....

 

I’d rather have a full one!

 

Theres a pill for that.

 

Not terrible for cover but he’s featured a lot less than i thought the last 3 seasons

 

Hamstring problems, one to avoid methinks.

 

Looks like an agent getting his clients name out to me.

Doubt there'll be a whole lot of substance to any "talks" until its confirmed what division we'll be recruiting for.

 

So from reading that, Zambrano would be back 5th September (ish) to fully train with the club. I’d therefore expect him to be back under consideration for selection well before the year end.

 

All that Zambrano will be missing is the game conditioning. He will have done plenty of gym work, ball work etc away from the club.

Id expect a number of 11 v 11 games to be arranged behind closed doors to build this up and would think he’d be capable of minutes from the bench as soon as his ban ends.

 

If this is true, are we to expect that at least one of Hughes, Jones or Macca will be leaving us...

 

Alzate was a free agent and training all summer
It still took him months to be fully match fit