Footballers spotted in Spain
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Liverpool FC are once again visiting Europe’s premier professional football training venue at La Manga Club, southern Spain, for a pre-Christmas mid-season training camp from December 7-21.
Reds’ manager Rafael Benitez took his first-team squad to La Manga Club in May 2007 when he said: “The facilities and service are excellent and I am convinced that everyone involved will leave here highly impressed.”
On this occasion the visitors will be members of the Liverpool reserve team squad who are taking advantage of gap in reserve-team fixtures to enjoy some warm-weather training and team-bonding.
Liverpool will also be taking on some of the region’s leading sides as they incorporate two matches into their schedule - the first against FC Cartagena and the second, a week later, against Real Murcia.
La Manga Club boasts the best facilities in southern Europe for professional sports teams, with eight international-standard grass pitches and a host of other amenities including three 18-hole championship golf courses and the five-star Hotel La Manga Club Principe Felipe.
Liverpool’s visit is just the latest example of the resort’s increasing popularity with British professional clubs, with West Brom, Celtic, Wolves and Sheffield United among those to have visited recently. The resort is also due to host the prestigious Leaders in Football conference in March 2010.
Liverpool fans wanting to see their heroes in the sun can stay at the resort’s five-star Hotel La Manga Club Principe Felipe from just
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