England spend massive sum to hire out entire five-star Euro 2024 hotel that has THREE golf courses and robots
England's residence for the Euro 2024 tournament has been revealed.
Gareth Southgate's side will be hoping to go one better than last time after reaching the Euro 2020 final against Italy, only to lose on penalties.
After an undefeated qualifying campaign, England have been drawn into Group C alongside Denmark, Slovenia and Serbia.
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They will kick off proceedings against Serbia at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen before playing Denmark in Frankfurt at Deutsche Bank Park and then the final group stage clash at Cologne's RheinEnergieStadion.
But they will stay at the very same base for the showpiece. The Mirror say England's players and staff are to stay at Weimarer Land, a five-star spa and Golf resort.
The hotel, which opened in 2021 and has housed the likes of QPR, West Brom and Rangers, is not from the east German town of Blankenhain and is a 90 minutes drive from Leipzig.
It contains two 18-hole golf courses, a nine-hole course, one-and-a-half football pitches, seven restaurants, two swimming pools, a gym, sauna and leisure facilities like snooker, table football, table tennis and a cinema.
England are far away from rowdy cities like Hamburg and Berlin and their "tranquility" camp is said to be where Ralf Rangnick wanted to have his Austra side based, as per BILD.
The luxury hotel typically costs around £300 per night, with the FA said to have forked out £800,000 on all 94 rooms.
A source told The Mirror: "Gareth wanted somewhere the players could relax and fully get away from the pressures the tournament brings.
"It fits the bill perfectly and should allow them to fully relax and prepare. No one knows what will happen on the pitch, but off it the players will be in the best possible place."
130 staff work at the hotel but the most eye-catching employee is a robot waiter known as 'Robbie', which helps carry dirty plates and cutlery.
Josh Lawless