Sunderland's last full day on the Algarve brought some much-needed relief from the blazing sun and stifling heat present since they arrived. Although, saying that, everything is relative, I guess - the mercury still touched 28C!
Warm-weather training without the harsh sunlight is just what they needed, and Sunderland's open training session on Monday evening in front of fans and then their session today were ideal conditions. And a glance at the forecast for tomorrow suggests their game against Roma will be played in similar weather.
A few years ago it used to be the strawberry blond Duncan Watmore making a beeline for the suncream on pre-season, but these days it is the fair-skinned Alex Pritchard first in the queue!
