REVEALED: CECH TRAINED WITH GUILDFORD IN SECRET WHILE PLAYING IN PREM
Picture: HENRY BROWNE how good he could be because “he hasn’t got the years behind him – most of the goalies have been skating since they were 10 or 11.
“In my heart I’d love to get him in the nets for us, even if it was only for five minutes. Will it happen? I don’t know and all we can do is look at him, but he’s playing games for the Phoenix.
“We’d love to see him feature for us in the Elite League. Hopefully that can present itself in the future because I know he’d like to. He’d love it. “He’s one of those naturally-gifted sports people. He could probably turn his hand to any sport and he’s not too old to play.
“He’s got natural instincts and he’s very good in the net, he can track the puck very well and the only difference is that some guys have been skating for 20 or 30 years and he’s been skating on and off for six or seven years.
“He has improved every year, but it’s like any sport, you can practice and practice and practice and it’s nothing like the real thing.
“But this is a guy who has won the Champions League and is one of the most successful sportsmen of an era, in his time the best goalie in the world.
“Even when he was still playing football there have been times when we’ve been needing a goalie in practice and I’d send Petr a message and he’d come straight from his training to the rink.
“I recall sometimes he would still be in his Chelsea or Arsenal training kit when he arrived, that’s how keen he is.”
SIMON YATES plans to ride in the Giro d’Italia and skip the Tour de France as he builds towards next year’s Tokyo Olympics.
The Lancastrian bounced back from disappointment in this year’s Giro to win two stages at the Tour.
But, with the Olympic road race taking place less than a week after the Tour finishes in late July,Yates intends to give France a miss next summer.
“The Giro is a race with a lot of charm and
CHARLES LECLERC has been rewarded with a new long-term Ferrari contract and could form a stunning line-up alongside Lewis Hamilton in 2021.
Leclerc, 22, joined the Scuderia on a two-year deal at the start of last season, after a year learning his trade with Sauber. But following a successful maiden campaign with Ferrari, he has been rewarded with a new character – the fans are passionate and it always produces exciting and aggressive racing which I enjoy,” the Mitchelton-Scott rider said. Going back to Italy will also give Yates a chance to make amends for this year. He went into the 2019 edition with high hopes after spending two weeks in the lead the year before.
But Yates failed to impose himself and finished eighth. and improved deal through to the end of the 2024 season.
He said: “I am very happy to be staying on with Scuderia Ferrari. This past season, driving for the most illustrious team in Formula 1, has been a dream year for me.”
Hamilton is still being linked with Ferrari as a replacement for Sebastian Vettel.