Manuel Pellegrini, his backroom staff and playing squad were back at a hot and sunny Rush Green for the first day of preseason training on Monday morning.
The manager convened his squad for breakfast before the players were put through a range of screenings and tests under the guidance of Head of Medical Richard Collinge and his team.
After lunch, the staff and players then boarded a coach for Stansted Airport, from where they will fly to Switzerland for an intensive 12-day training camp and opening preseason fixture with Swiss Challenge League club FC Winterthur on Sunday afternoon.