Manchester United assistant coach Steve Holland wants to take advantage of the team’s four-day training camp in Ireland ahead of the Premier League run-in.
It has been a busy week for Manchester United, after travelling to Ireland for a training camp that should help the players prepare for the final seven games of the season.
United are currently sitting third in the standings, and they’ve recently learned that there will be at least five Champions League spots in the Premier League.
A positive training camp in Ireland could be exactly what United need after a long break since their 2-2 draw against Bournemouth.
Steve Holland talking to Casemiro at Carton House in Ireland
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Steve Holland happy with Man Utd facilities at Carton House
United’s mid-season training camp in Co. Kildare has attracted visits from hundreds of fans throughout the week.
The trip to the plush Carton House has been a success so far, with Bryan Mbeumo impressed by the warm welcome given by the fans who showed up.
Michael Carrick hopes that the training camp helps the team continue the momentum built over the past three months.
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United’s assistant coach Steve Holland is the latest to provide an update from Carton House, stressing that the venue is ‘perfect’ for the team news in such an important week.
“Really good,” Holland told ManUtd.com when asked how the first training session went.
“It’s nice to be together again, having had a couple of weeks with all the players away and representing their various different countries.
“We’ve got an important run-in to go, so it’s important to get the group together again and really focus on that. Today has been as you’d expect, a normal first day and they’re quite excited to be back in each other’s company and the training session has gone well.”
In terms of facilities at Carton House, Holland is impressed, adding: “It’s excellent, the hotel facilities, and to have the pitch close and the gymnasium… we’re here to work, so it’s absolutely perfect for what we need.”
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Steve Holland sets objective for Man Utd
There is no denying that United’s main objective is to secure Champions League qualification.
However, Holland wants United to aim higher than that.
Holland has told the players that they should be doing more than fighting to qualify for the Champions League.
“I think the language we should be using as this club is to finish as close as we possibly can to the top,” Holland said.
“I don’t know how possible that is, but that has to be the challenge always: to get as close as we possibly can to the top. We’ve been speaking more to the players really about winning our matches, rather than thinking too much about what’s happening below.
“But yeah, clearly given the context, to finish in the Champions League places would be a good situation for us, but I think always we should be looking for more than that.”
United are currently six points adrift of Man City in second place.
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