Brighton’s Pre-Season Plans Thrown Off by G7 Helicopter Landings
The club moved training to its Lancing ground after summit helicopters damaged pitches it planned to use for a 10-day camp, officials said.
- Brighton have revised pre-season plans after helicopter landings during last month's G7 summit ruined the pitches they were scheduled to use in Evian-les-Bains, France, from July 23 until August 1.
- Helicopters carrying heads of state, including President Donald Trump and former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, landed on the pitches during the summit; club staff discovered the damage upon arrival on Wednesday.
- Head coach Fabian Hurzeler and his squad trained at their Lancing ground on Friday, with a move to an alternative Austrian base planned for Sunday, while Saturday's friendly against Annecy was cancelled.
- A second friendly against French club Strasbourg will proceed on August 1 at a different venue, and Brighton's return home will see them host friendlies against Italian clubs Roma and Bologna in August.
- These fixtures precede the first leg of their Uefa Conference League play-offs on August 20, with the Premier League season kicking off three days later against Aston Villa at the Amex Stadium.
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Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer's helicopters force Premier League side to change pre-season plans
Brighton and Hove Albion have been forced to revise their pre-season plans after a recent G7 summit wrecked the pitches they were due to play on.The Seagulls were set to train in Evian-les-Bains in France for the week, but due to helicopters carrying the likes of Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer, they have had to change their plans.Club staff discovered the issue when they arrived to prepare their camp.With the surfaces viewed as a potential in…
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Brighton’s pre-season plans thrown off by G7 helicopter landings
The Seagulls were scheduled to train in Evian-les-Bains from Thursday, July 23 until Saturday, August 1.
Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer are ruining Brighton's pre-season. The team's training grounds have been used as a helicopter landing pad ahead of the G7 summit. Now Yasin Ayari's gang are forced to cancel their camp in France.
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