It's been a different summer for Celtic but it has likely felt familiar to the ones they used to know. The Premiership champions have become specialists in early starts amid multiple rounds of qualifying to reach the group stage of either the Champions League or Europa League.
However, the mammoth boost to the coefficient means Ange Postecoglou' s side have been able to focus solely on preparation ahead of the new season.
Postecoglou and Co haven't been treated to kick-abouts in the park during their pre-season tour of Austria and Czech Republic – they've been tested Rapid Vienna and Banik Ostrava.
But now it is homeward bound as Blackburn Rovers are the opposition with Jon Dahl Tomasson eyeing a bright start to his time with the Ewood Park side.