English Premier League champions Leicester City started preparations ahead of the new season over the weekend with some key players missing.
Ghana duo Daniel Amartey and Jeffrey Schlupp were absent as 14 players took part in the team’s first exercise.
The two players are among the club’s international players who have been given extended holidays.
Amartey and Schlupp are expected to join the Foxes this week and prepare for a pre-season schedule that includes International Champions Cup clashes with Celtic, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona.
Latest signings Ron-Robert Zieler and Luis Hernandez completed their first working day at Belvoir Drive
Alongside them was goalkeeper Ben Hamer, defenders Marcin Wasilewski, Ben Chilwell, Danny Simpson, Robert Huth, Liam Moore and Ritchie De Laet, midfielders Demarai Gray, Gökhan Inler, Marc Albrighton and Tom Lawrence and striker Leonardo Ulloa.