- Germany spent five days training in Blankenhain ahead of Euro 2024
- England will be based in the same five-star complex in the city this summer.
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Thomas Müller left a good luck message for England captain Harry Kane at the Three Lions training base for the European Championship in Germany.
Kane and Muller have been teammates at club level this season, with the England striker moving to Bayern Munich from Tottenham for £100m.
The forwards will be on opposite sides this summer, with hosts Germany and England among the favorites heading into the tournament.
Julian Nagelsmann’s team began preparations at the Weimarer Land Spa and Golf Resort near the town of Blankenhain.
Germany has now moved to its Euro base in Herzogenaurach, the home of adidas.
A video showed Thomas Muller writing a letter to Harry Kane at England’s Euro training base.
Kane (center) and Muller (right) have been teammates at Bayern Munich this season.
Germany has spent five days in Blankenhain but has anticipated England’s arrival.
A video released by the German team shows Muller writing a message for Kane, which he will receive upon his arrival in England in the coming days.
‘Hello England, what’s up, Harry Kane? We have just finished our five days at the base camp of his future team here in Thuringia,” the German team wrote on Instagram.
“Great conditions, very friendly people and sometimes it even rains, sounds perfect right?”
Have a good time here in Germany! See you at the Euro Cup!’
The training base has three golf courses and a paddle tennis court, as well as a robot named Robbie to serve the players and collect their plates.
The resort includes two Michelin-starred restaurants and also has a 2,500 square meter spa known as ‘Lindentherme’.
Mail Sport reported last month that England manager Gareth Southgate gave England officials the green light to negotiate a deal for exclusive use of the Weimarer Land Spa and Golf Resort during the tournament.
Nagelsmann’s team moved to the German training base at Herzogenaurach.
Müller took advantage of the three golf courses at the Weimarer Land Spa and Golf Resort
England will be based at the Weimarer Land Span and Golf complex during Euro 2024
The final contract, estimated to be worth around £850,000, was finalized in a matter of weeks, beating off competition from Ronald Koeman’s Netherlands and Ralf Rangnick’s Austria.
England has exclusive access to the 94 rooms, usually priced at £300 a night, of which 15 are suites.
The top three suites have golf-themed names like Albatross, Birdie and Eagle, each of which includes a private sauna and freestanding bathtub. Southgate is likely to occupy one of these suites.
The rooms will have their own special touches with personal accessories and keepsakes from their families, and England goes even further by bringing their own high-quality bedding and personalized Three Lions bathrobes with embroidered insignia.
The training base will undergo a complete transformation ahead of the tournament with England branding installed across the site.
To help the Three Lions feel as at home as possible, the smell of St George’s Park will also be carried into the hotel complex.
The hotel’s golf courses, with around 45 holes, will keep players entertained during their free time.
The complex has one and a half training fields for the best international teams.
The Three Lions will face Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland in friendlies on June 3 and 7.
England’s friendly against Iceland at Wembley will be their last farewell before the European Championship in Germany.
Southgate’s side open their Euro 2024 campaign against Serbia on June 16.
England will also face Denmark and Slovenia in the group stage of the competition.