Everton’s squad was all smiles as staff and players posed for one final photo at the exclusive resort where the team spent last week.
Sean Dyche was determined to put his players through more rigorous training despite a gruelling run of fixtures and results leading into the start of a three week break in the club’s Premier League schedule.
Internally there is a feeling the past week has been spent positively - a belief that persists despite clamour around an incident involving Dyche and some of his players on Wednesday night - one understood to centre on a misunderstanding that was swiftly resolved, claims backed up by action on the training pitch in the final days of the trip.
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One thing Dyche and his staff certainly appeared to have was the facilities needed to both test their players physically as well as provide a psychological break - which may have been the most important theme after 11 Premier League games without a win and with the players having had to deal with a tumultuous season off the pitch.
Dyche refused to detail where Everton were spending their week in advance, saying he was determined for his squad to get some proper respite. It was an open secret soon after landing in Portugal on Monday that their training base was The Campus, a multi-million pound complex associated with the Quinta do Lago resort nestled on the south western tip of the country, between Faro and Vilamoura.
Popular with professional sports teams and individual athletes, The Campus boasts a hybrid outdoor pitch that can be configured
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