After a long international window tacked on to the end of a long club season, where are soccer's biggest stars heading on their summer holidays?
With preseason mere weeks away and the start of the 2022-23 already beginning to crown over the horizon, many of football's top names have been seizing the opportunity to squeeze a hard-earned vacation into their packed schedules.
After a string of international fixtures out of the way and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar delayed until November, a timely gap in the itinerary presented itself to a lot of players ahead of their return for pre-season.
As such, said players duly jumped at the chance of some overdue time away and scattered to the four corners of the Earth in search of a little rest and relaxation.
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After finding himself surplus to requirements for England's final two UEFA Nations League games of the summer, Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold flew out to Ibiza for a romantic getaway with his partner.
Meanwhile, Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah capped off a successful double cup-winning season on the domestic front by returning home to his native Egypt on holiday.
Never shy when it comes to heading out on the ocean waves, the Reds forward spent a few choice hours soaking up the rays while flexing his impressive physique on the deck of a yacht.
Salah then celebrated his 30th birthday in style a few days later as he ushered in the "Big Three-O" with a gigantic football-shaped cake
from www.espn.co.uk - FOOTBALL
