What happens in a football medical? How to pass one, and why some players don't

Think a medical is a foregone conclusion? Think again. As we've seen before, a move isn't done until a player has passed a club's rigorous check-up with flying colours. 

To find out more, FourFourTwo got the lowdown from Dave Fevre, formerly of Manchester United, Blackburn and Great Britain Rugby League, and a member of the Football Medical Association.

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