Hope Akpan and his Blackburn Rovers teammates are set to return to England from Austria, where they held a training camp in preparation for the start of the 2016-2017 season. <br /><br />The Nigeria international worked an eighty-two minute shift in the center of midfield in Blackburn Rovers&rsquo; first pre-season fixture against Bundesliga side SV Ried on Saturday.<br /><br />&ldquo;Ready to travel back home from Austria. It&rsquo;s been a good trip. Quick snap with my roomie @Ebenno88 #cmonmaaate, &rdquo; Akpan posted on Twitter on Sunday morning.<br /><br />A product of Everton, Akpan joined Blackburn Rovers in the summer of 2015 from Reading and went on to make 35 appearances in the Championship last term.<br /><br />Igho Kingsley <br />