ARSENAL loanee Nuno Tavares was kicked out of a Marseille training session last week after displaying a lack of effort.
The 23-year-old joined Marseille on a season-long loan from Arsenal last summer after falling out of favour at the Emirates Stadium.
He kicked off his campaign with a debut goal against Reims and his incredible form continued throughout the following weeks.
But, he recently hit a stumbling block after clashing with Marseille manager Igor Tudor.
In an interview with French outlet L’Equipe, the Croatian boss revealed that Tavares was sent back to the changing rooms on one occasion in training because he “was not making necessary efforts”.
He also admitted that wing-back Jonathan Clauss was singled out for the same reason.
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He said: “In my football, there is a feature, you have to run.
“And if you don’t… If I see one player that doesn’t run in training, I’ll say it once, twice and then on the third time of asking, I’ll intervene.
“During the hour or so of training, I am demanding, the players have understood it.
“But if they want rest days, I can give them some too. And we can joke or laugh, but work is work.”
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Despite the brief dispute between Tavares and Tudor, the Marseille boss still believes that the full-back has the potential to play for one of the best clubs in Europe.
Earlier this week, he declared: “Nuno’s still a young player but he has fantastic physical capabilities. He’s got an outstanding ability to run.
“He could play at Real, at Barcelona, at Man City… he still needs to grow and progress, we talk a lot to him.”
Tavares could be one of several Arsenal players set to leave North London this summer.
He previously hinted that he would like to stay at Marseille rather than return to Arsenal.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
