The actual quote from the Mercury is
"I can't train 100-per-cent every day because I was doing that at the start of the season and, by the time the game came, I was tired," said Wellens.
"The manager understands now that it is all about the games and I can't train 100-per-cent every day. On Thursdays and Fridays I ease off a bit for Saturday.
"The manager has given me and Paul Konchesky the last couple of Mondays, and we come back in on Tuesday and I feel great later in the week.
"It is difficult for any player to accept that he is coming to a stage in his career when he can't train flat out all the time.
"If he chooses to do that and I feel better then great.
"I have to keep chatting with the manager to tell him how I am feeling," said Wellens, who admits he is terrified at the thought of retirement from playing.
I distrust and dislike all British newspapers and since the internet have given up buying them.
A local paper needs access and will often censor or play down a negative story. However, I do not believe a local paper will invent a direct quote from a named player; in a phrase from American politics that would be "pissing in the soup".
