David Moyes says West Ham have one player who has ‘come back slightly overweight’

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Speaking on The Big Interview with Graham Hunter, David Moyes has been discussing his pre-season training regimes and his players’ fitness.

For years, Moyes had a reputation of being one of the toughest trainers in football when it came to getting his players in shape during pre-season.

Back in the early 2000s, there was, let’s say, a less professional culture within English football, and it wasn’t too shocking to see some players come back to pre-season out of shape.

Moyes would put his players through their paces to make sure that they were ready for the first day of the season, but these days, he says he doesn’t have to.

Indeed, the Scot says that almost every player for West Ham came back incredibly fit, barring unnamed player who came back slightly overweight.

What’s been said?

Moyes spoke about his squad’s return to pre-season training.

“I agree, I don’t think players are now coming back in the condition they were years ago. It used to be normal for players to come back overweight and to lose the weight. It was the bin-bag culture where they’d sweat it out,” Moyes said.

“Nearly everyone came back overweight at that time, but players are incredibly fit now, I think we have one player who has come back slightly overweight, but the rest of them are all good.”

Hard work ahead

One unnamed West Ham player came back to training out of shape this season, and while we don’t know who this player is, we certainly don’t envy them.

Moyes doesn’t mess around when it comes to getting his players fit. In fact, according to David Unsworth, the gaffer used to enjoy seeing his players vomit during pre-season as he knew he was pushing them to their limits.

This unnamed player will be put through their paces to make sure they’re in shape as soon as possible, and these training sessions will certainly be gruelling for this player.

One thing is for sure, this player won’t be repeating the same mistake next summer after enduring a hard pre-season under Moyes.