From the heat of the desert to the freezing cold of Manchester

Puff Daddy · Post by **Puff Daddy** » Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:19 pm

The life of a professional footballer. That is Man City stalwart, Kevin De Bruyne, it must have seemed ike a huge shock to the system, to report back for training after that, but this is how it was for him today at City's training ground complex performing exercises on a frozen pitch dressed in gloves and bobble hat. Next week, it will all of the Premier League stars too

Denbighammer · Post by **Denbighammer** » Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:42 pm

At least he's coming back to a title fight to play with great players and the next round of the Champions League.

Imagine coming back from playing with Neymar and Vinicius to the freezing cold and playing with Craig Dawson in a relegation battle for a club that plays in the soulless athletics stadium attached to a shopping centre.

StevePottsGoalsReel · Post by **StevePottsGoalsReel** » Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:43 am

Denbighammer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:42 pm Imagine coming back from playing with Neymar and Vinicius to the freezing cold and playing with Craig Dawson

It's tough, but if Lucas wants to make a success of life in the Premier League, he's going to have to get used to that kind of step up in quality.

Less of a problem for de Bruyne I'd have thought given he never even showed up in Qatar.

jastons · Post by **jastons** » Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:10 pm

Puff Daddy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:19 pm today at City's training ground complex performing exercises on a frozen pitch

All that money and they don't have undersoil heating?