Pavel Pogrebnyak: Stuttgart management treated me disgracefully

Fulham’s new signing Pavel Pogrebnyak in an interview to the press spoke of his delight at moving to the London club and the problems he encountered in Germany.

Reports in the media last night suggested that the striker’s medical exposed problems with his knee, but the former Stuttgart forward dismissed those stories as false.

«The last few days have been very emotional for me. I didn’t play in Stuttgart’s previous game, then Fulham came in for me and I had a medical in London. Honestly, I didn’t anticipate this new stage in my career, a whole new country with a different style of football. Last night’s medical was six hours long, they inspected my every finger!» the player admitted in an interview with Sovetsky sport.

«But the medical staff were satisfied with my condition. They said I can improve in England, become powerful and lean, like a beast. You have to use your body a lot in the Premier League, so you need to be physically strong.»