Pau Torres

[Footy-Vill]

I think this could be the occasion for Pau to score this evening.

[Yeltzer]

Left out of the Spain squad?? How does that work

[AV84]

Is he injured?

[Brazilian Villain]

Left out of the Spain squad?? How does that work

Hasn't been the same since he came back from his mid-season injury. Get him recovered, rested, and ready for next season.

[brontebilly]

Left out of the Spain squad?? How does that work

Hasn't been the same since he came back from his mid-season injury. Get him recovered, rested, and ready for next season.

Agreed, he really seemed in need of a good break towards the end of the season. Though to be fair, picking Laporte from the Saudi league over Torres does seem ridiculous.

[eamonn]

Who else has got in ahead of him?

[Risso]

The defensive part of his game went completely to pot for the last few months, so yes agree he needs a rest and he can come back fitter and stronger for next season. Very important to how we play as a team but he does need to improve defensively.

[pablo_picasso]

Left out of the Spain squad?? How does that work

Thats great for us. Gives him more time to recover over the summer.

[PeterWithe]

I did think he was one of the many who looked very tired toward the end of the season, he's earned a break, then a few weeks in the gym getting a little bigger and stronger for next year.

[OCD]

There was an article a while ago about how he had lost weight because he had had several years of football without having a proper break.

[Risso]

Wasn't he talking about needing to put weight on in England?

[AV84]

There was an article a while ago about how he had lost weight because he had had several years of football without having a proper break.

There was also an interview during one of the winter international breaks where he said he was on a specially designed programme at Villa to help him bulk up without losing mobility. I guess it's a balancing act. Hopefully a summer off will do him good.

[pablo_picasso]

Wasn't he talking about needing to put weight on in England?

Yeah, I remember that.

I think he was working on it earlier in the season to cope with the physicality of the Premier League.

I think we assume that at 6'3", he should automatically be able to cope with that side of the game, but playing in Spain all his life, I don't imagine he has faced it on as regular basis as he will in England.

[AV82EC]

He said something along the lines of you need an extra 10kg in weight to deal with the physical demands of the Premier League. Even with finely tuned elite athletes and a programme designed to do that in the right way that will effect his mobility so hopefully a good rest and pre season we’ll have a fit and raring to go Pau back. With the ability next season to rotate Pau and Tyrone’s minutes we can hopefully manage both their workloads to get maximum benefit.

[SoccerHQ]

He certainly had some sort of issue in the run in otherwise we wouldn't have been resting him for the Man. City and Olympiakos games.

Pretty good for us that him and Bailey will be resting up for the next six weeks as those two really looked out on their feet in the final few weeks and we know they're top quality when 100%.