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Anthony Martial is train ing away from the rest of the Manchester United squad amid concerns over his fitness level, according to a report. Martial has not played for United since the 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth on 9 December after coming down with a sickness bug that has plagued the Old Trafford dressing room in recent weeks. While others who have been unwell have since returned, Martial's absence has remained a mystery and manager Erik ten Hag has offered very few details about his condition. According to the Daily Mail , Martial is back at Carrington but has failed to rebuild his fitness after his spell on the sidelines and has therefore been sent to train away from the main group. Importantly, being ordered away from first-team train ing is not a punishment for Martial, whose physical condition is simply not deemed strong enough to keep up with Ten Hag's intense demands in normal train ing sessions with the rest of the squad . Martial has missed over a month / Stu Forster...

Chelsea have been handed a welcome fitness boost at the sight of Carney Chukwuemeka back in partial training this week. The 19-year-old, signed from Aston Villa for £20m last summer, was on course to have a significant role for the Blues this season after initially taking up an understandable fringe status in 2022/23. Chukwuemeka started each of Chelsea's first two Premier League games of the new campaign against Liverpool and West Ham. He scored his maiden goal for the club against the latter to equalise in the first half, only to be forced off with injury at the interval. The midfielder, one of the first recruits brought in for the 'Vision 2030' project being developed at Stamford Bridge, ended up undergoing knee surgery the day after the West Ham Game . His absence during the recovery period was originally estimated at six weeks, which would put his return to match action sometime in early October. The fact that he has started to now engage in light training activities s...