Ogbonna reckons new training is like life under Conte

Angelo Ogbonna reckons David Moyes training methods are taking him ‘back home’ to his Seria A days at Juventus under Antonio Conte.

The central defender said:  “When I see our training, it’s really close to Italian training. It’s really similar to Italian or Spanish training, tactical work but with the ball.

“If I compare it to Serie A and my time in Juventus it is really similar. We started with double sessions like I was doing a couple of years ago in Italy. Maybe we didn’t have two sessions a day when we had two games in a week.

“But when you have one game a week, you have to have double sessions like this to be fit. The harder you train the quicker you get fit. And when we have time to train like we have had during the  international break, you have to do it.

“When I spoke with Pedro Obiang and the other players, they said, ‘Yes, it’s not just English training but international’. The Premier League is not just an English league, it has international character.

“If you look at Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea or Liverpool they have many different things — and that’s why it is the most important league.

“It is fair to say the intensity has increased and I think we needed that. In the Premier League, our squad is really good.

“But we need to play as a team and our squad can make a difference up front and at the back.

“It’s important to have everybody fit and to fight for each other and it’s really good to train like this.”

“It’s really similar to Italian or Spanish training, tactical work but with the ball.

“If I compare it to Serie A and my time in Juventus, it is really similar. We started with double sessions like I was doing a couple of years ago in Italy.