Manager Nuno Espirito Santo stopped West Ham winger Adama Traoré from lifting weights.
Joining the London club in September of last year, the 52-year-old cautioned that Traoré ‘carries enough weight.’
The ban comes after West Ham teammate Crysencio Summerville posted a video on social media last week in which he asks the Spaniard: “Why you lying? Telling the people ‘I don’t do weights in the gym.'”
Later in the video, Traoré can be seen bench pressing 145kg.
Nuno Confirms Banning Traore From Lifting Weights
“It’s incredible [his physique], it’s genetics. [But] his genetics has been like this for some time now and he should avoid the gym,” Nuno said at a news conference ahead of the side’s Premier League match against Fulham – one of Traoré’s former clubs – on Wednesday as reported by ESPN.
“I’ve told him to stay out of the gym. It’s one of the things that I think he needs to realise. It’s enough weight that he carries.
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“He’ll do prevention work [in the gym], but he’s not in there lifting weights.”
After working with Nuno at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Traoré joined the east London team in January. He hasn’t yet started a Premier League game for his new team.
“He brings new energy to us and we’ve been trying every day to improve him,” Nuno added. “There has been spells in the game but of course ahead of him he has two players at the top of their game. He is patient enough to recognise his chance will come.”
West Ham travel to Craven Cottage in the relegation zone with two points behind Nottingham Forest and four behind Spurs—two teams Nuno has previously managed.
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