Barcelona striker Martin Braithwaite reveals insight into busy lockdown training regime

Confident: Emergency signing Martin Braithwaite believes he will go on to score plenty of goals for Barcelona
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Ben Hayward27 April 2020

Barcelona striker Martin Braithwaite says the club's training plan represents only one third of his lockdown workout routine.

With Spanish football suspended for over a month now due to coronavirus, all of Barcelona's players are following special programmes from home.

But Braithwaite told Danish TV station DR: "That only makes up a third of my training, because I have added much more.

"I work on my speed and my resistance. I'm now training a lot more in detail than before, so I can return in a much better physical shape."

And he added: "Now there is a pause. I see it as an advantage. I know there is nobody who trains or works like me. When I return, I will be ready physically and mentally."

Braithwaite has made just one Barcelona start since his emergency move from Leganes in February, but believes he can fight for a place in Quique Setien's first XI.

"I have to be a starter and a scorer," he said.

"When you play for Barcelona, you have many chances, so there's no doubt I see myself scoring lots of goals and being one of the [leading] goalscorers in the team and in the league.

"That's why I'm here."

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