Liverpool management are shocked by the lack of gym work new £35 million signing Andy Carroll has experienced.
The Daily Mail says to the astonishment of the Anfield staff, it turns out the 22-year-old has spent little time in the gym to develop the upper-body strength that would make him even more potent in the penalty area.
Since Carroll arrived at Anfield, he has been stunned by how hard he is being made to work in trying to recover from a thigh injury that is expected to leave him on the sidelines for another two to three weeks.
However, the striker is scheduled to start jogging with Liverpool's medical staff at the club's Melwood training base, to show that his rehabilitation is going smoothly.
Liverpool caretaker manager Kenny Dalglish said: "Andy has been thoroughly checked over, he is progressing well and I think the people who made the assertion (that he is out for the season) have got a good chance of being wrong."
But Dalglish's coaches have further programmes in mind they hope will prove the record transfer fee for an Englishman was money well spent.
It will start with sessions at the sports science department on the adverse affects alcohol can have on an athlete; the fact it makes players more prone to injury and can hamper performance, even when consumed days before a game.
They will also put Carroll on an intensive weights programme in the belief that, come the start of next season, he will be an even more formidable forward and even more of an athlete.
