Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino was back at work at the club's training ground by mid-June.
The recently concluded campaign's 5-1 final-day defeat to Newcastle United will have hastened his desire to return. Given his all-consuming passion for his craft, you suspect he would have been back preparing for the 2016-17 season soon enough regardless.
The best part of a summer's worth of preparations will start to be unveiled, beginning with Saturday's visit to Everton. Some of the key decisions relating to the Tottenham team this season will take a little longer to be made apparent, though.