11 Players who need to work on their fitness this season

Football is nothing if not a game of fitness. A lot of how a team fairs in a season depends on the fitness levels of players and how they manage to remain injury-free. Every season we see players breaking down because of their lack of fitness levels.Injury could be devastating to the fortunes of player and club alike. While some teams suffer a lot because of injuries to their key players, some players need to work on their fitness levels in an effort to save their crumbling careers.Here are 11 such players who need to work on their fitness levels this season in no particular order.

#1 Victor Valdes

After having suffered a terrible anterior cruciate ligament tear in March 2014, Victor Valdes was out for over 7 months and has only recently returned t match fitness. It was a rather sad way for him to run down his contract at Barcelona, but was finally snapped up by Manchester United in the 2014-15 season’s January window.

In October, 2014, United offered Valdes the opportunity to finish his rehabilitation and once fit, he was offered an 18-month contract with an optional 1 year extension.

Valdes will be a backup to David de Gea, but still has to put in the hard hours to work on his fitness. It is never easy to come back from a 7-8 month layoff, but quality facilities at Old Trafford will help in this regard.

Valdes may get some playing time in the cup games, with rumours suggesting that he might start against Cambridge United on 23rd January.