Nacho Fernández spoke to the club's official channels after the squad’s first training session of the pre-season.

“You have to come back with desire and a lot of strength because these are tough days. There’s a lot of fitness and tactical work, which is what you need to work on in pre-season. What you put in now will help you go all the way to the end”.

“These days are really important to make sure your legs and your head are prepared, because the seasons are really demanding and you have to be at your best”.

“We achieved incredible things last season and we completed our objectives. We try to disconnect and recharge our batteries for what could be an even more exciting season than the previous one. We’re well up for it”.

“The demand at this club is high every year. We’re the ones who demand more and more because last season we won a lot of important trophies for this club. We go into the new season with a lot of desire to achieve the same or even more. The objective is to win all the possible trophies and this is the mentality that we are taught from the day we join the club”.