Familiar faces including Joelinton, Joe Willock and Sandro Tonali were joined in the gym by the Magpies' other squad members who aren't currently on international duty, with new boys Odysseas Vlachodimos, Lloyd Kelly and John Ruddy also getting used to their new surroundings as testing was carried out, with the new term fast approaching.

Serena Taylor and Harriet Massey were there to capture these images for this newcastleunited.com gallery as United - in their new adidas training wear - got the ball rolling at this early stage of pre-season.