{"id":461555,"date":"2011-07-15T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/15\/james-milner-gael-clichy-surprised-by-training-intensity-at-manchester-city\/"},"modified":"2011-07-15T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T10:25:00","slug":"james-milner-gael-clichy-surprised-by-training-intensity-at-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/15\/james-milner-gael-clichy-surprised-by-training-intensity-at-manchester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"James Milner: Gael Clichy surprised by training intensity at Manchester City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Andrew Kennedy<\/h3>\n<h4>15 Jul 2011 11:25:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"82.5602523659\">\n<div readability=\"14.8177339901\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"World Cup 2010 : Gael Clichy (France) - (Gettyimages)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/108300\/108374_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>World Cup 2010 : Gael Clichy (France) &#8211; (Gettyimages)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>New <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/man-city\">Manchester City<\/a> signing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/1152\/gael-clichy\">Gael Clichy<\/a> is shocked by the intensity of the club\u2019s training, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/4696\/james-milner\">James Milner<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The French left-back spent eight seasons at Arsenal before completing a \u00a37 million switch to Eastlands earlier this month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Milner, who joined City from Aston Villa last summer, believes the competitiveness of training during the club\u2019s pre-season tour of America has taken Clichy by surprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking in San Francisco, Milner said: &#8220;Gael hasn&#8217;t been here too long but he&#8217;s seen a few tackles fly in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He&#8217;s surprised at that because at Arsenal they don&#8217;t tackle too much in training. We train as we play but as soon as we come off the field everyone is together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It&#8217;s good to go on tour for the fitness but with the new boys it&#8217;s good to spend time with them. They&#8217;ll get to know us a lot quicker spending two-and-a-half weeks on the road rather than a few hours in training.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Milner has struggled to make a big impact since his arrival at the club, but is now keen to persuade boss Roberto Mancini to play him in the middle of the park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He knows my best position is the middle and I think that too,\u201d the 25-year-old added. &#8220;Hopefully, I&#8217;ve shown that when I&#8217;ve had a chance to play there but I&#8217;ll just keep working hard.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/15\/2575779\/james-milner-gael-clichy-surprised-by-training-intensity-at\" title=\"James Milner: Gael Clichy surprised by training intensity at Manchester City\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Milner: Gael Clichy surprised by training intensity at Manchester City<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Andrew Kennedy 15 Jul 2011 11:25:00 World Cup 2010 : Gael Clichy (France) &#8211; (Gettyimages) Related Links Teams Players New Manchester City signing\u00a0 Gael Clichy is shocked by the intensity of the club\u2019s training, according to James Milner . The French left-back spent eight seasons at Arsenal before completing a \u00a37 million switch to Eastlands earlier this month. Milner, who joined City from Aston Villa last summer, believes the competitiveness of training during the club\u2019s pre-season tour of America has taken Clichy by surprise. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>James Milner: Gael Clichy surprised by training intensity at Manchester City - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/15\/james-milner-gael-clichy-surprised-by-training-intensity-at-manchester-city\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"James Milner: Gael Clichy surprised by training intensity at Manchester City - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Andrew Kennedy 15 Jul 2011 11:25:00 World Cup 2010 : Gael Clichy (France) - (Gettyimages) Related Links Teams Players New Manchester City signing\u00a0 Gael Clichy is shocked by the intensity of the club\u2019s training, according to James Milner . 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