Antonio doubt
The Hammer of the Year has joined the rest of the squad in Austria under the new policy of taking everybody on pre-season whether they are fully fit or otherwise.
The club’s most versatile player has been rehabbing through the summer from a bad hamstring injury and is getting closer to a full recovery but reports from inside the squad claim that he may be struggling for the first game.
Both Diafra Sakho and Andy Carroll are training but have yet to get involved in contact stuff with the rest of the boys but this is seen as a precautionary move by new medical head Gary Lewin.
Despite reports that Winston Reid continues to struggle with a knock we have been told he will be fit for the start of the campaign with Cheik Kouyate the only other player currently injured and being assessed.