The Tottenham Hotspur players are set to return in stages to begin their pre-season training under Thomas Frank in around a fortnight's time as the Dane's era at the club begins.
The 51-year-old was appointed as the Spurs head coach on a three-year contract last week and for the first time in three pre-seasons it will be a different man leading the way for the players as they return to summer training at Hotspur Way in the wake of Ange Postecoglou's exit after two years in charge.
While Frank has already met some of the long-term injured players who have been going through rehabilitation at the Enfield training ground like James Maddison and Radu Dragusin, with Dejan Kulusevski expected to return during his own rehab after his honeymoon, the work will truly begin for the new head coach when the squad start to filter back to the club from their holidays and international duty.
football.london understands that the first group of Tottenham players will return to the training ground towards the back end of the first week of July to start going through their various tests, blood work and then begin training with Frank and his new-look coaching staff. Some of those players who went on international duty after the end of the season will get a few more days off if they choose to accept them and return in the second week of July.
Then there are those taking part at the U21 and U19 European Championships such as Archie Gray, Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert in the former and Mikey Moore and development squad player Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny in the latter. The quintet of young players will be offered further time off once their exploits at the tournaments come to an end.
Spurs' pre-season friendlies currently begin with the game at Luton Town on Saturday, July 26, but there is expected to be at least one more official match before that on the previous weekend. Tottenham also often arrange a training ground friendly or two behind closed doors to start sharpening up the players during pre-season.
At the end of July, Tottenham will embark on their pre-season tour to Asia, first to Hong Kong to face Arsenal on July 31 and then South Korea to take on Newcastle on August 3. Four days later and Spurs are in action in Germany against Harry Kane's Bayern Munich after the Bavarian's return from their post-Club World Cup holidays.
The strong tests will go towards preparing Tottenham for Frank's first competitive fixture and a chance to immediately challenge for a trophy with the UEFA Super Cup against PSG on August 13 in Udine. Luis Enrique's side will also be fresh back from their post-Club World Cup rest.
There appears to be no time for the usual home Spurs friendly just before the season because of that Super Cup clash and the Bayern game as the Premier League campaign then begins on Saturday, August 16 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with the visit of Scott Parker's promoted Burnley side.