Mark Hughes is not concerned with the fitness of Cedric Soares. Portugal International was the last player of Saints to come back from a post-World Cup party. He is the only recognized right of return to St. Mary's, with Jack Stephens another option. But Hughes is confident that his body can handle the demands. Absolutely, "said Hughes. "He's a good boy anyway, so it's not like he's going to lose too much fitness." It didn't have a huge breakup, three of four weeks maximum, but it's not like when I was playing where you didn't do anything before the season and it took three or four weeks to get the excess fat. These guys have very low body fat so it's not quite as it was in my day.