The motivation issues Portsmouth players are facing with football season at a standstill

And the Pompey captain has told of the challenges of maintaining a strong physical condition with no clear return to action in sight.

Football League club chairman Rick Parry contacted clubs this week telling them they should not resume training until at least May 16 amid the coronavirus crisis.

Parry is hopeful the season can be completed in 56 days, as and when it’s safe to resume playing football.

But in the uncertain times the world is now in through the Covid-19 pandemic there are no guarantees over when the date will arrive for football to recommence.

That presents problems to footballers over what programmes they should undertake when it comes to maintaining fitness levels.

Keeping up match fitness is impossible without football-based training, but players are being given their own schedules to undertake within the constraints of government guidelines.