Mon 14 Jul - Posted in Breaking News
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John Eustace says Derby County’s week-long training camp in Austria will be an ‘important’ one for his side.
After two full weeks of work on the training ground at Moor Farm, followed by a 1-1 draw at local non-league side Matlock Town on Saturday in the side’s opening pre-season fixture, the squad will fly out to Austria today.
Derby will continue their preparations for the 2025/26 Sky Bet Championship campaign in the region of Tyrol between Monday 14th July and Saturday 19th July.
The Rams will face Austrian Bundesliga runners-up Red Bull Salzburg on Friday 18th July at 28 BLACK ARENA-Nonntal (5pm BST - 6pm local time) in a pre-season friendly ahead of their return home.
The training camp will present the opportunity for the group to work in different surroundings and spend time together both on and off the pitch, forming key relationships which will be vital over the course of the season.
Several players from the Academy have spent time training with the squad in pre-season and a number of the youngsters will be joining the group on foreign soil.
Discussing the training camp in Austria, Eustace said: “It is a great week for the new players to get to know the group and likewise the youngsters we’ll be taking to get to know the senior lads.
“It’s an important week for us. It is a change in environment after an excellent first two weeks of pre-season and we’ll ramp the sessions up more.
“The attitude of the players since we came back in has been excellent and pre-season is about getting ready for that first game of the campaign.”
He added: “We’ll work the lads hard and then when we come back, we’ve got a couple of really good friendlies to go into.”
Derby will face League Two Walsall, League One Burton Albion and National League Solihull Moors before the end of July in friendly matches upon their return to Derbyshire.
