Long, hard morning session on Wednesday. Back again on Thursday afternoon

Sampdoria pushed on with their pre-season graft on Wednesday as Eusebio Di Francesco and the staff put them through an intense morning workout at the Centro Sportivo Mugnaini.

After some fitness work to start with, the squad moved onto defensive and attacking tactics before finishing with a series of training games.

Gianluca Caprari and Julian Chabot followed their personalised programmes on the pitch.

The team will be back at the training ground on Thursday afternoon for their next session.