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Gallery: Cherries prepare for final pre-season friendly

Andoni Iraola's AFC Bournemouth squad continued preparations for their final pre-season friendly with another intensive training session on Thursday.

The Cherries conclude their warm-up games programme when they host Ligue 1 outfit Lorient at Vitality Stadium on Saturday (5pm kick-off).

Iraola's team have experienced a mixed set of results in their four friendlies to date, beating Hibernian and Southampton and losing to Maccabi Tel Aviv and Atalanta.

More importantly, the players have continued to build up their match minutes during the games in readiness for the Premier League curtain-raiser against West Ham at Vitality Stadium on 12th August.

Click through the arrows above to see a gallery of pictures from the latest training session.