Rafa Benítez arrives at the club's training ground for the first day of pre-season.
Rafa was quickly joined by the players, who had a day of pre-season testing ahead of them.
Isaac Hayden was one of the first to arrive.
Mo Diamé flashes a smile as he arrives at the club's training base in Benton.
Jamie Sterry gives the thumbs up on his arrival.
Striker Joselu was in good spirits as he reported for duty.
Joselu and compatriot Ayoze Pérez embrace following a summer break.
Ayoze Pérez sticks his tongue out at the camera.
Rafa was keen to greet his players and he is pictured chatting to midfielder Jonjo Shelvey.
Jacob Murphy arrives just before goalkeeper Matz Sels, who spent last season on loan at Anderlecht.
Striker Dwight Gayle returns for training.
Defender DeAndre Yedlin returned from America and he arrived with teammate Rolando Aarons.
Ciaran Clark arrives at the training ground.
The captain, Jamaal Lascelles, looked fit and ready on the first day back.
Goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka was spending his first day at the training ground following his permanent transfer to the Magpies in the summer.
Jamaal Lascelles and Rafa Benítez share a joke.
Testing begins, with Dwight Gayle sitting in to have a blood sample taken.
Matt Ritchie is assessed by soft tissue specialist, Wayne Farrage.
In safe hands: Rafa chats to his goalkeepers.
Joselu, Ayoze Pérez, Florian Lejeune and Mo Diamé are pictured being put through their paces.
Assistant manager Paco de Miguel Moreno with Paul Dummett during testing.
The goalkeepers - Martin Dúbravka, Matz Sels, Karl Darlow and Rob Elliot - have their fitness assessed.
Ayoze Pérez also spoke to club media after receiving the NUFC TV 'Goal of the Season' award for a superb lobbed effort at Leicester City in April.
Rafa also took time out to speak to NUFC TV and you can now watch the full interview for free.
Rafa congratulates Ayoze Pérez on his award in temperatures usually seen in their native Spain.
The manager continued to work in his office - complete with a full-length picture of St. James' Park behind him.
You can now follow the boss on Instagram via instagram.com/rafabenitezrb.
