Real Madrid: 3 players Pintus can help revive this season

With Antonio Pintus replacing Gregory Dupont in the fitness department, Real Madrid will hope to have much lesser injuries than they did last season.

If it were not for over 60 plus absentees through the course of the season via injuries and illness related issues, it is fair to say that Los Blancos may well have gone all the way in La Liga and the Champions League as well. However, that was not to be and Gregory Dupont lost his job as the fitness coach, thereby making way for Antonio Pintus who returns to Madrid from Inter Milan.

Under Antonio Pintus, Real Madrid enjoyed their most successful period in the Champions League as they won the competition thrice in a row. While there were injuries during that three year period too, most players only missed out due to minor issues for a week or two at most. Inter Milan also boasted a brilliant fitness record under him in the previous three seasons.

Although the likes of Ferland Mendy and Toni Kroos are likely to miss the opening league match against Deportivo Alaves, players like Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale have maintained a very clean slate of fitness up until now. Here are three players whose careers the fitness coach can help in reviving at the Santiago Bernabeu.