This has certainly been a unique campaign and Gary Cahill’s experiences throughout highlight how difficult the task has been.
Before 2020/21 even got going, Cahill had a disrupted pre-season and reflects on how that may have affected him further down the line: “This season has been a bit stop-start for me because of a couple of injuries. Obviously, I missed pre-season because of the hamstring from last season.
“But consistency is the name of the game for any player, and I think to get that you need to play regularly and stay on the training pitch regularly and get to the level where I expect to be.