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goodan well we've been watching this guy
Training Day in day out on the academy
pitches and uh kindly he's agreed to
have a quick chat with us about his
recovery so far and what he's been up to
this summer ilai how's the training been
going it's going good um going well um
I'm training hard so it's not easy to to
be here um on his own nobody else is
here so um I just started two weeks
earlier than the team but um um I know
that it's necessary um that I still have
to do uh a lot of work until I'm back
but I'm ready and um I'm working hard so
I'm in a good way so you think you're on
track then how's the body
feeling yeah it feels good I mean um I
feel generally quite often tired but but
as I said I'm working hard um in the gym
on the field um so um my body has to has
to feel uh tired um that's a good sign
for me as well so so I know I'm I'm
working good I suppose if you ask any
player who's been out injured it's all
about being positive isn't it it's all
in the mind getting yourself up coming
here training on your own knowing you've
got to do what needs to be done yeah I'm
quite sure that the psychological aspect
is um much more important maybe also
much more difficult um than than your
body feels like I mean um the physial
the doctors are here even the trainers
they are here um they are they are kind
of responsible for your body so um they
help you um as much as they
can but I think at the end um it's it's
it's also very important to have a clear
mind and um to be to be to be stable you
know and um yeah just just to be able to
know um what's important and um what's
not at that time so um that's maybe the
the most difficult thing it's always too
long a reab to be honest but
um I think um I'm doing quite well so
I'm just waiting for the team to come
back and maybe maybe I'm able to to join
the first um bits of of of every
training sessions so some some warm- up
stuff um some passing some some some
tactical stuff so that would be quite
well and then hopefully over the next
weeks um I will be able to join to to
join them also for the rest of the
training sessions and um of course um
then also for the games has that had a
knock on effect to your lifestyle if you
had to change your diet or do anything
differently I remember Sergio he cut out
meat and he changed loads of stuff that
he used to eat
previously honestly not not really I
mean um um when I was on on on holiday
right now of course it was a bit
different I had 3 weeks off so I think
holiday is also there even when you're
injured I mean I was I was training so
it was a bit different it was not just
holiday for me but um of course you need
to enjoy also your your free time you
know on
holiday let's talk about those holidays
it looks like you've had a good time
jetting around the place where have you
been over the summer I was in uh America
I was um in Los Angeles for the first
time so um quite um exciting I was my
friends and uh we had a really good time
um I had a schedule so training schedule
so I couldn't be lazy so I had to train
and um if um you follow my Instagram you
also see some some some videos of of
training and I was in Turkey as well so
um visited my family over there um going
going back to my roots you know like
Grand grandparents
um visiting the villages you know the
two different Villages that my my
grandparents grew up um visited the city
where my parents grew up so I enjoyed my
time and um now I'm happy to be back one
thing I've picked up on on your
Instagram every time you keep saying I'm
going back to Manchester you're like I'm
going back home to Manchester it
certainly feels as if you feel like
Manchester is now your home yeah it is
definitely I mean I've I've chosen it so
um I I feel I feel very comfortable here
I feel I mean it it feels it feels Just
Like Home you know um so I'm I'm living
here I'm enjoying it um there are there
are so many nice people here around
around Manchester so I just enjoy my
time and um my work is also here the the
the thing that I love most so um yeah
it's just normal I think that I that I
can that I'm able to say that Manchester
is my home El Kai thank you for talking
to us and we hope to see you back soon
dude thank you