City wasted no time in hitting the training pitches after arriving on the Gold Coast for the first leg of their pre-season training camp.

Club photographer Sharon Latham was on hand to capture the best of the snaps...

Samir

Samir is all packed and ready to go at Manchester Airport.

Vinny

Leading the way, as ever, was Vincent Kompany as the players made their way to the gate.

Which

Jesus about to take flight...

Smiley

Morning breaks at City’s Gold Coast hotel and Samir has clearly adapted to the time difference as he perkily sets off for training.

vincent

The skipper was in similarly good spirits as he started his two minute commute to the pitches.

Straight

It was a fairly light session as players worked the long 21 hour flight out of their legs.

Manuel

Manuel watches on as Samir takes his turn to lift weights.

Liftin

Kompany is next to take on the weighty issue.

Yaya

A Toure-de-Force... Yaya feels the burn!

Gael

Gael works up a sweat during some sprints in the early part of the session.

Running

Navas gets on the ball and it’s fair to say that the summer has taken none of his searing pace away!

Aerial

It’s hard to take a bad picture with views like these....


City on Tour 2015, supported by visitabudhabi.ae.