TONY STRUDWICK says sport science has “lost its way” because an obsession with injury prevention is “killing” the pursuit of performance.

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC has incorporated taekwondo into his game since he was a teenager - now Man Utd have introduced it into their Academy training too.

TONY STRUDWICK, Manchester United’s long-standing Head of Performance and one of the leading figures in sport science in this country, has left the club to join the Wales national team.

The reward is a year working on the bottom rung of the ladder, often without pay - but a work placement can be the key to a career in pro football.

MANCHESTER UNITED have become the first professional team in the world to incorporate an elite-level virtual reality system into their training.

TONY STRUDWICK, Manchester United's Head of Performance, is approaching 20 years as a practitioner in pro football. We caught up with him at Soccerex to talk about changes in the industry, Sir Alex Ferguson and Marcus Rashford.

MANCHESTER UNITED’S head of athletic development, Tony Strudwick, says suspension training has become a key part of his squad’s strength and conditioning programme.

MANCHESTER UNITED head of performance Tony Strudwick has marked his 20^th year in professional football by charting the ‘seismic changes’ he has seen in sports science and laying out the challenges ahead.