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Who would’ve thought that football players could still end up a bit chubby even after running around all day on the practice field?

Apparently Fabio Capello doesn’t miss such things, however, and he warned player Dean Ashton recently that he needed to lose weight if he wanted to get himself assigned to the England squad.

According to Capello, the striker had not been fast enough - fit enugh, but not fast enough - to keep up in a game, and needed to lose what’s believed to be two kilos if he wanted to really get in on the game. Capello added that Ashton has assured him of his weight loss.

Part of the weight gain may be attributed to a few debilitating injuries that kept Ashton off the practice field in the last year, including knee and back injuries that kept him on the bench for much of last season.