Chelsea midfielder. Mikel John Obi, admits their poor fitness was a factor last season.
Obi has thus hailed the Blues boss, Antonio Conte, claiming Chelsea were not fit enough under Jose Mourinho last season.
“Yes, I think it played a part last season (not being fit enough),” Obi said. “One thing is for sure, the team is a lot fitter this season. A lot of players are going to be much, much fitter and that is only going to help the team.
“[Double sessions] That’s the way he wants to train, that’s his style, that’s his way that he thinks we can win and that he thinks can get Chelsea back to where they belong. Obviously, quite a lot was made last year that a lot of the players were not fit, so the club decided to go for someone to make sure we are fit.
“The players have responded very well to him, we are going with whatever the manager wants to do in training, everyone is putting in their best and we have to keep going his way.
“We have to make sure we keep doing whatever the manager wants to do and if we can improve the team that way then I think everybody is on board with that.”
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