Manchester United Holds Four-day Training Camp in Qatar

Doha, January 20 (QNA) - The Aspire Zone will host English Premier League leaders Manchester United's four-day training camp in Qatar. The Reds will thus be returning to the ASPIRE Academy pitches, where they held a training camp in 2010. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson wanted a camp in a warm environment so that his players will be able to train outdoors, maintain their physical condition and recharge their batteries. United will start their camp at Aspire on Monday, January 21, and finish on Thursday, January 24. Commenting on Manchester United s presence at Aspire, the academy s Director General Ivan Bravo said: "Aspire is delighted to warmly welcome such a big team at our premises. We thank the Manchester United management for choosing Qatar and Aspire for their camp. We ll do our best to make their camp, and visit to Aspire and Qatar a successful one." Explaining the choice of Qatar, and Aspire in particular, manager Sir Alex Ferguson said, "We went to Aspire back in 2010 and the fantastic facilities, excellent weather conditions and hospitality from the Aspire management were a perfect combination. It'll be an ideal place for us and we re looking forward to an excellent training camp that ll see us up for the remainder of the season." (QNA)