With football suspended due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the entire squad having to train at home, it has been a test drawing up plans to ensure David De Gea, Sergio Romero and Lee Grant are mentally and physically ready for whenever the campaign does resume.
That’s the view of Michael Clegg, our first-team strength and power coach, who works closely with goalkeeping coaches Richard Hartis and Craig Mawson.
“Ultimately, it is a challenge in this environment,” said Clegg in our Goalkeeper Hangout, featuring De Gea, Romero, Grant and the trio of coaches. “When we first got asked to work from home, it was a case of what do the boys need [in order] to do the training over this extended period of time?