The first day of July saw our under-21 players reassemble at the Sobha Realty Training Centre to begin their pre-season preparations, and you can see them in action in our gallery.

Mehmet Ali ran the rule over his squad as they stepped onto the training pitches for the first time this summer, including new signing Lucas Nygaard who got the chance to show off his skills to his new teammates.

Plenty of hard work was put in as they took their first steps towards our opening pre-season friendly of the summer, when Ali's squad tackle Boreham Wood FC on Saturday, July 13 in the first of six matches before the PL2 kicks off again.

Our club photographer David Price shot the session, and you can see the best pictures in the gallery below: