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title: "Pre-Season : First day back at Bodymoor Heath"
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author: "James Clark"
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published: "2015-07-06T16:30:24Z"
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# Pre-Season : First day back at Bodymoor Heath

Today marked the first day of Pre-Season at Villa’s training complex, seeing the likes of **Micah Richards** and Scott Sinclair get underway as they become permanent fixtures at Aston Villa.

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Neville Williams / Aston Villa / Getty Images

The day started off with **Sherwood** strolling into Bodymoor Heath as if he’s been there for the past 20 years, casually stretching out a leg to open the door.

**Carles Gil** has found himself a new job as a receptionist at Bodymoor Heath

And after almost 2 years out with a broken leg, it was a pleasure to see **Libor Kozak** being the first player through the door this morning too.

it was was encouraging to see 3 academy graduates – **Jack Grealish**, **Callum Robinson** and **Gary Gardner** all share a bit of banter to themselves after training with the first team together  (at 2 minutes 47seconds)

and **Fabian Delph**, hitting the ground running as usual – due to his inclusion in the end of season International’s he wasn’t due into training til next week, but none the less he was putting in the extra work.

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