La Manga bound

Leicester tomorrow, La Manga on Sunday.

Leicester and La Manga. Where have I seen those words in one context before?

Albion jet out for a five-day training camp next week, a custom which has grown since Bryan Robson's time at the club, when they were, ominously, referred to as 'bonding trips'.

The closed-shop nature of the five-day jaunt mean that playing and coaching staff only will be allowed on the Spanish trip - no media officers, no press, no photographers hanging around.

Back in days of Andy Johnson and Geoff Horsfield - I'm sure they won't mind me mentionning it - I would spend every morning tentatively flicking through the pages of the national tabloid newspaper, just in case a 'footballers in crazed rampage' headline flashed before my eyes. And it did once - a fire extinguisher being released in a luxury Dubai hotel.

Still, surely nothing can top the Foxes trip to the Spanish resort a few years back when Dennis Wise made friends with his team-mates in his own unique manner.

But somehow I can't see Roberto Di Matteo's men slipping into such bad habits.

Knowing the current squad - minus the seven internationals - the only controversies of the week will centre around who-rammed-who off the track in the marathon Mario Kart sessions.