We should stress that it is pre-season, meaning that it’s the time of year when players get back to full fitness.
Professional footballers are allowed time off too, contrary to popular belief, and many spend their summer breaks indulging ever so slightly. The same way you or I might, as humans with a right to relax after a year of hard work.
But given that Premier League stars couldn’t be more in the spotlight, they can’t get away with that extra few pounds that might be showing on the scales come the end of a break away.
Ashley Williams is typically an athletic specimen and given his work ethic, he will have no problem dropping that little bit of weight he’s put on over the summer.
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Unfortunately for the Everton centre-half, a less sympathetic group of people than football supporters simply doesn’t exist.
So when pictures of Williams getting to work at Toffees preseason training emerged online, the expected took place.
Just like Henrikh Mkhitaryan experienced last week, when Manchester United deleted a tweet showing a little excess body fat on their Armenian midfielder, Williams felt the full brunt of those fans who remain sculpted, shredded and ripped all year round.
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Is there an XXXL one for Ashley Williams? https://t.co/1yQIRWBPDs
— Andy (@TheReal6STRING) July 11, 2017
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Congrats to Ashley Williams who's got twins on the way. https://t.co/VMwg7V6ydk
— MoMo (@Mozorla19) July 11, 2017
Ashley Williams had a big summer https://t.co/mainLRLUXe
— Lee (@lennyhem_) July 10, 2017
I wonder if Ashley Williams will be fined by the week or by the pound for the dreadful shape he has returned to training in. Unacceptable.
— Toffeecast (@toffeecast1878) July 10, 2017
