Intensity, individual programmes and a private chef: Sheffield Wednesday feel the burn in Budapest

Henrik Pedersen wasn’t joking when he said that he wants Sheffield Wednesday to be the fittest team in League One next season.

In the searing Hungarian heat the Owls were put through their paces at the Globall Hotel outside Budapest, but their work on the pitch wasn’t the first efforts of the day. Before each session the players work through a 25-minute personalised gym programme, and they’ve worked up a sweat before they’re even on the grass.