It’s that time of year again and the UK is shutting down to enter panic mode over its annual heatwave. For Premier League footballers, though, life can’t come to a halt and their office is perhaps the least air-conditioned of all.
Having spent the morning on the training pitches of Copers Cope, the Palace squad have been in the thick of the heat today and training at the usual high intensity of top-tier football.
But how do they prevent the heat from becoming problematics and what steps do the coaching team have to take to keep their players in peak condition?