Liverpool FC are once again visiting Europe�s premier professional football training venue at La Manga Club, southern Spain, for a pre-Christmas mid-season training camp from December 7-21.

Reds� manager Rafael Benitez took his first-team squad to La Manga Club in May 2007 when he said: �The facilities and service are excellent and I am convinced that everyone involved will leave here highly impressed.�

On this occasion the visitors will be members of the Liverpool reserve team squad who are taking advantage of gap in reserve-team fixtures to enjoy some warm-weather training and team-bonding.

Liverpool will also be taking on some of the region�s leading sides as they incorporate two matches into their schedule � the first against FC Cartagena and the second, a week later, against Real Murcia.

La Manga Club boasts the best facilities in southern Europe for professional sports teams, with eight international-standard grass pitches and a host of other amenities including three 18-hole championship golf courses and the five-star Hotel La Manga Club Principe Felipe.

Liverpool�s visit is just the latest example of the resort�s increasing popularity with British professional clubs, with West Brom, Celtic, Wolves and Sheffield United among those to have visited recently. The resort is also due to host the prestigious Leaders in Football conference in March 2010.

Liverpool fans wanting to see their heroes in the sun can stay at the resort�s five-star Hotel La Manga Club Principe Felipe from just �XX per person per night.

For more information or to book call 00 34 968 17 5577, email reserve@lamangaclub.com or go to www.lamangaclub.com.

More information on La Manga Club�s football facilities is available at www.football.lamangaclub.com.

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Issued by the Azalea Group. For more information or images contact Lee Todd on 08700 330 550 or email lee@theazaleagroup.com.

LA MANGA CLUB � www.lamangaclub.com As a result of 37 years of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain�s flagship resort and as one of the finest in the world. Evidence of this is provided by its numerous World Travel Award nominations and prizes and its membership of the prestigious Preferred Hotel Group. Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it offers visitors a five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and sports facilities, including three golf courses, 28 tennis courts and eight football pitches, and enjoys a mild year-round Mediterranean climate. The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2000m2 Spa La Manga Club with its 13 luxurious treatment rooms, comprehensive fitness centre and 25m indoor swimming pool; meeting, banqueting and incentive facilities, and more than 20 restaurants and bars.

Between two seas � Region of Murcia Discover the two seas that bathe the Region�s coastline. The Mediterranean is a warm sea, dotted with coves and fine sandy beaches, which offers unforgettable diving both because of the clarity of its waters and because of the exuberance of the marine life that thrives there. The Mar Menor is the ideal setting for water sports such as windsurfing, kitesurfing, sailing, canoeing or jet-skiing. The absence of large waves makes this lagoon into an unbeatable ally when it comes to harnessing the winds. Suitable for all levels. Whatever the time of year, there are more than 30 water sport schools along the coast. Here the sun is always shining. www.murciaturistica.es