Jonjo Shelvey is joking about his baldy head putting 10 years on him. Well, the ripped physique he has unveiled here in Austria this week takes that decade back off.
For one month solid this summer, in the seaside town of Belek in southern Turkey, he worked alone with a personal trainer. All the while, his wife and children were by the swimming pool.
Shelvey sacrificed several social engagements back in the UK to remain at his Mediterranean boot camp. Anyone present at Newcastle's friendly matches this week was instantly moved to comment on his new, slimline look.