Club captain Kelvin Davis says Southampton's trip to Switzerland last week "ticked every box" ahead of the club's final ten games of the season.

The goalkeeper admitted a trip to the Alps was not what he was expecting from a mid-season team break before they headed out, but on reflection, says it was the perfect opportunity to come closer together as a team.

The squad gave ice hockey and Nordic skiing a try during their trip to Switzerland and Davis says those activities may have been more profitable than a warm-weather break.

Speaking to Southampton’s official YouTube channel, Davis said: “The coach’s idea was that the air is good (in Switzerland) and it helps recovery. Lying on a sunbed maybe isn’t the right thing to be doing at this time of the season. They’ve obviously got experience of that.

“It was something new for an English player (going to Switzerland). It’s not something I’ve done before but we very much enjoyed it.

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“The exercise was good. Ice hockey is one of the hardest sports I’ve ever attempted, but we all got a good sweat on and we all enjoy a bit of competition.

“It’s not a magic potion but we’d just like to think it has improved on what we have at the club and that’s the spirit. We’ve stayed at a lovely place, done lots of activities and it might be those small details that get us to where we want to be.

“The most important thing is that we’re all together enjoying each other’s company. Whatever that extra percent is to get us where we want to get to might come from the trip.

“Certainly from a being together point of view, it ticked every box and was fantastic.”

Davis also feels the trip away gave the squad the ideal opportunity to sit down as a group and prepare for the final ten games of the season, starting with Chelsea on Sunday.

“We’re playing Chelsea and it’s going to be a tough game whether we went to Dubai, Scotland or Switzerland,” the goalkeeper added.

“We know the run-in towards the end of the season and we want to achieve as much as we can. We know we’ve put ourselves in a fantastic position.

“But this is the business end of the season, it was a great opportunity to be together and let each other know what we want to achieve.”