A number of players returned to the team’s Benton base on this day last week for the start of preseason practise.
Following the likes of Wilson, Shelvey, Lascelles, and Joelinton this past Wednesday, our new additions and foreign players joined the club in time for Saturday’s first summertime friendly against Gateshead. These players included Botman, Pope, Bruno, Trippier, and others.
Our tally of 25 senior players and six U23 players in first-team training includes Gayle, Hendrick, Clark, and Matty Longstaff, who are all practising with our reserves. However, two players, Chris Wood and Javier Manquillo, appear to be absent.
Despite playing three times for New Zealand last month, travelling from Spain to Qatar, and losing a World Cup qualifying match to Costa Rica just a few weeks ago, Wood is likely to have received an extended break. However, Manquillo’s absence from any club photos or videos is still somewhat of a mystery.
Some people on social media are wondering whether he has a knock or is ill because he missed the final two games of 2021–2022 due to chickenpox.
Here is a complete list of the players we saw throughout the last week while watching the club’s official training videos (and images).
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GOALKEEPERS: Martin Dubravka, Karl Darlow, Mark Gillespie, Nick Pope.
DEFENDERS: Dan Burn, Jamaal Lascelles, Kell Watts*, Matt Targett, Paul Dummett, Federico Fernandez, Jamal Lewis, Kieran Trippier, Sven Botman, Fabian Schar, Emil Krafth.
MIDFIELDERS: Joe Willock, Jonjo Shelvey, Joelinton, Sean Longstaff, Joe White, Lucas De Bolle, Jay Turner-Cooke, Bruno Guimaraes, Elliot Anderson.
WINGERS: Allan Saint-Maximin, Matt Ritchie, Ryan Fraser, Jacob Murphy, Miguel Almiron.
STRIKERS: Callum Wilson, Isaac Westendorf*.
(Dwight Gayle, Jeff Hendrick, Ciaran Clark and Matty Longstaff are training with the reserves).
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