West Ham United keeper Adrian says is he looking to hit the ground running in pre-season ahead of the Premier League campaign which begins at the end of August.
The Hammers fly out to Austria later this month, before heading onto Germany and finally Iceland to complete their tour of Europe. During their travels they are set to face Borussia Monchengladbach in a two legged tie for the Betway Cup, as well as fellow Premier League side Manchester City in Iceland’s capital city.
The players returned to training earlier this week, and the Spanish shot-stopper believes a good pre-season can put the club in good stead for a strong start to the new season.
Speaking on whufc.com, he said: “We are really looking forward to pre-season and heading to first Austria and then Germany, we really want to train well, train hard and start our best form before the start of the Premier League.
“Of course it’s a chance to get as fit as possible, as soon as possible. The start of the season is coming very quickly, and I think we need to train very well and to play strong in the friendly games that we have.”
Wednesday’s training session gave Adrian, 30, a chance to welcome newcomer Pablo Zabaleta to the club too, and the Spaniard believes the former Manchester City defender will have a big impact next season.
“It was a chance to meet Pablo properly too, which was great, he’s new for the lads and for the group in the dressing room. It’s always a happy moment to be back in training and it’s exciting to meet any new lads. Pablo did very well in his first session!
“He is very professional, has lots of experience at good clubs and for us, it’s a very good player to come and help us out. To give the squad his experience and his quality is brilliant for us.”
It remains to be seen whether Adrian will be West Ham’s number one next season. In the last campaign he was up against stiff competition for the gloves from Darren Randolph, while there has been talk about Man City’s Joe Hart joining the Hammers, but that is yet to materialise.
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