Head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke issues an update – in association with Spire Roding Hospital...
Hello everyone,
We have all players fit and all players available for selection for tonight's Barclays Premier League visit of Watford to the Boleyn Ground.
Diafra Sakho returned to full training a few days ago after recovering from a minor right knee injury.
We were all disappointed not to reach the FA Cup semi-finals last week, but we have five cup finals left in the Premier League.
We have a fixture-free weekend coming up but, after a couple of days’ rest after the Watford game, the players will be in over the weekend for training ahead of our next game at West Bromwich Albion.
Looking further ahead, we are planning the off-season and pre-season, which will be very short for some players and a bit longer for others.
We have players going off to the Euros 2016 in France, to South America for World Cup qualifiers, to Africa for Cup of Nations qualifiers, younger players to qualifiers and tournaments and, potentially, players going to the Olympic Games in Rio.
With all that in mind, we are preparing individual off-season plans for every single player, to give them the best-possible chance of returning for pre-season.
With regard to the pre-season, these plans are approaching finalization and I am sure the Club will release the details to supporters in due course.
Enjoy the game tonight!
Stijn Vandenbroucke
Head of Medical and Sports Science