LIVERPOOL'S pre-season workout is tougher than training with the marines. Take it from someone who's now experienced both.
A year ago, teenager Paul Anderson was sent to boot camp in Exeter with the Hull youth team. After a month with Liverpool's senior squad, he's in no doubt what's more demanding.
"I would say this is harder," says the 18-year-old, who's been promoted from the reserve ranks for the new campaign.
"Training with the marines was obviously extremely tough physically. I did all the stuff you'd expect last year with the weights and the assault courses, but the difference here is you've not only got all the physical activities, but there's the mental side to playing football too.
"You have to do a lot of thinking tactically which can also take a lot out of you. As a whole, I've done more work here than I did last year. That was more of a team building exercise."
While it's clear from the performances in Switzerland the fitness regime has taken its toll on several players, Anderson is relishing every second of his first taste of a European trip as a senior professional.
Six months after his surprise signing from Hull, he's been rewarded with a new four-year contract and given every indication Rafa Benitez sees him as a part of the club's future.
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