Sven Botman admits Newcastle United's warm weather trip to Saudi Arabia will be fantastic for team building as the Magpies look to continue their fine run of form in the second-half of the season. The Dutchman and his Newcastle co-stars flew out to the Middle East over the weekend and have started preparing for a friendly with Saudi side Al Hilal this week.
Eddie Howe 's massively benefitted from two similar trips earlier this year and the Toon boss is hoping for another positive trip away to galvanise his playing squad after an impressive start to the campaign. Speaking to club media, Botman admits keeping team spirit high is priority number one during the trip this week.
"I'm always looking forward to these kinds of trips because you get to know everyone well," he told NUFC TV. "You are together 24/7 so it is good for the team building, to get better together and for everyone to get fit. But the most important thing is the team building.
