After a bit of a break, we're back with our exclusive peeks behind the scenes at the Carrington training ground

There have been a few new arrivals since we last had a look, and none more eye-catching than Sergio Aguero. The Argentinean missed out in Dublin but went through his paces on Monday morning.

Patrick going thro some paperwork with the wonderful clare at carrington

“There’s a new kid in town”, as the Eagles once said, and we’ve got a new starter in the office. Erm, hang on, that’s Patrick Vieira about to be sent to the photocopier by Clare Marsden, one of the true unsung heroes at the club.

A lone figure in the gym doing his warm down

Meanwhile there’s work to be done down in the gym, and Micah’s mesmerized by the cricket. “Tim Bresnan’s missed out on a test hundred again?”

Joleon Taking time out from the weights to have a chat

Joleon Lescott takes a break from pumping iron to see how India’s pursuit of 478 is going. “Never gonna happen. You can’t chase over 200 at Trent Bridge”

Anne and Janet with the shiny new washers and dryers cuts the cleaning tie down by half

Anne and Janet show off the new washing machines, which really do fall into the “industrial strength” category...

The Balkan crew working out whos playing the next game of pool

It’s Bosnia v Montengro on the pool table with Dzeko & Savic about to go head-to-head. And refereed by Serbia, in the shape of Aleks Kolarov. This could get messy.

Chris and Alecs discuss new hair cuts

But we’re pleased to report that peace has broken out between the left-back and our social media guru, Chris Nield. Aleks gave Chris no end of grief in America over his hair ‘do’ (or hair-don’t, if you like) and his newly-shorn thatch seems to have got all 12 points from the Serbian jury.