The calm before the kick-off – hello pre-season!


SECOND week of July, and it’s that time of the year when football fans start believing again.

The new season is on the horizon, and hope begins to build as players officially return for pre-season training. Fans are thrilled to see some players returning in supreme shape. Other players who appeared to have taken the summer off now have to work themselves back into fitness before the Premier League kicks off.

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