Andriy Shevchenko training with top sprinter
Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko has been having specialist coaching from a top sprinter to help him recapture his pace.
Team GB sprinter Darren Campbell has confirmed that he has been working with Chelsea’s Andriy Shevchenko this season to help the former AC Milan sharpen his speed.
And Campbell believes Shevchenko is now beginning to show the benefits.
The Great Britain athlete said: “The club asked if I would work with Andriy and I said it would be a pleasure.
“While [Jose] Mourinho was at Chelsea he was a bit funny about anybody from outside working with the players.
“So for the first sessions I had to do it on Andriy’s tennis court. Now he’s [Mourinho's] gone I can do it at the club.
“That’s how serious he is about sharpening up.”
With help from Campbell, Shevchenko is gradually showing new Chelsea manager Avram Grant that he still can still make an impact at Stamford Bridge.
The Ukrainian came on as a substitute in Saturday’s super-show against Manchester City and scored the sixth in the 6-0 demolition of Sven-Goran Eriksson’s team.