Ligue 1: the MHSC will resume training on July 2 in Grammont

Michel Der Zakarian is already ready for the next season. GIACOMO ITALIANO

Michel Der Zakarian and his staff have already set the main dates for the resumption of a 16th season in a row in L1.

The season isn't over yet and he's already ready to start again. Michel Der Zakarian and his staff have already set the main dates for the resumption of a 16th season in a row in Ligue 1. The Montpellier coach will meet his players on Tuesday July 2 in Grammont, where they will spend the first three of seven weeks of preparation.

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Five preparation matches

Just like the previous season, the Montpellier residents will head to Catalonia for a week of training. At the dawn of this week in the North of Spain, they will play the first of five friendly matches against Girona, surprise of La Liga and qualified for the Champions League.

The English of Southampton

At the end of the training in Spain, they will face the English from Southampton.

Then, on July 31, they will face Saint-Étienne and the first weekend of August, they will head to the North of the Netherlands to challenge Heerenveen, ranked in the middle table of the Eredivisie.

A trip to Heideinhem

Téji Savanier's partners will complete this long preparation phase with a final trip to Germany, to Heideinhem ranked in the middle of the Bundesliga table, a week before the start of Ligue 1.

Frustrated by last summer's preparation, Michel Der Zakarian is expecting all his players on July 2 for the resumption. To be ready to get started.