England’s stars for Euro 2024 have gone back to training to get even better ready for the new season.
These English teams were so close to winning the event in Germany this summer, but they lost the final to Spain by a score of 2-1, which hurt so much.
The game was on July 14, and everyone on England’s team had extra time off from their clubs to rest and get ready.
In other news, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, and Aaron Ramsdale were seen back at their London Colney training ground on Sunday.
They met up with the rest of their Gunners teammates. A lot of them had been on the club’s US pre-season tour.
Many of England’s Euro 2024 stars returned to training at the weekend before the new season
Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka were seen reporting for duty at Arsenal’s London Colney base
Arsenal keeper Aaron Ramsdale, who was England’s No 2 in Germany, was also back in action
Rice, Saka and Ramsdale were seen greeting many of their team-mates as they returned
They had to pass a number of fitness tests before going straight to the training field.
Saka was one of England’s best players in Germany. The winger started all seven of England’s games at the tournament, and his scoring from the penalty spot in the quarterfinals against Switzerland was important. He also scored the winning goal in the shootout that followed.
Rice, the midfielder who was another important part of Gareth Southgate’s team, was also back at Arsenal’s base.
Aaron Ramsdale also met his teammates after some extra time away, but the former Bournemouth goalkeeper was England’s No. 2 while they were in Germany and didn’t play a single minute.
Because they had been busy this summer, Saka, Rice, and Ramsdale had three weeks off before they went back to training on Sunday.
In a video posted on Arsenal’s social media, the three looked happy to be back. They were seen hugging and catching up with some of their teammates, with Saka giving Mikel Arteta an especially nice hug.
It was the same story at Liverpool, where foreign stars like Joe Gomez and Trent Alexander-Arnold had shown up for work after an extra break.
The English pair was seen hanging out with other tournament veterans, such as Virgil van Dijk and Cody Gakpo from the Netherlands and Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz from Uruguay and Colombia, who both made it to the finals of the Copa America.
It was similar at Liverpool, where Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez reported for duty
Alexander-Arnold was back at Liverpool’s AXA Training Centre ahead of the new campaign
Alexander-Arnold and Gomez were put through their paces via a variety of fitness tests
England No 1 Jordan Pickford was seen doing some gym work in a post from Everton