Real Madrid start pre-season on Friday: everything you need to know

"We're back to work, which is not really a work; it's a dream," Carlo Ancelotti has said on Real Madrid being set to start the pre-season this Friday.

At 09:30, the players will undergo the customary medical exams. At 17:30, they will have the first training session of the new season.

According to Sergio Quirante, the following players will be there from day one: Thibaut Courtois, Andriy Lunin, Jesus Vallejo, Nacho, Ferland Mendy, Toni Kroos, Eduardo Camavinga, Lucas Vazquez, Dani Ceballos, Mariano, Alvaro Odriozola, Take Kubo, Reinier and Borja Mayoral.

The Madridistas that played for their national teams in June have been given extra days off.