With the official start of the new Premier league season less than a week away, not many members of England's top flight will be on pre-season duty in the next few days. Indeed, most of those who are on duty find themselves merely completing exhibition tournament commitments.
That's the case for London rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. The former feature in the marquee fixtures of this week, as they face both Real Madrid, followed by either Bayern Munich or AC Milan, in Germany.
Meanwhile, Chelsea will be busy playing the final game of their 2015 ICC fixtures.