Ezgjan Alioski set pulses racing with a picture of himself straddling a motorcycle at Thorp Arch, bleached in sunshine and kitted for training.
The first little baby step everyone needed to know, first, the North Macedonian was alive and well, but more importantly, there may yet be 2019/20 business to attend to.
EFL has instructed clubs a return to training should not take place until May 25 at the earliest, but here was Alioski getting down to business on May 20.
Throughout the lockdown process, head of medicine and performance Rob Price has permitted players to use the track at Thorp Arch for running.
Liam Cooper, Stuart Dallas, Alioski and Gaetano Berardi have been the regulars, keeping their distance and running at different times.
That protocol has stepped up this week in preparation for a more formal return next week for more players.
In line with the government’s advice on meetings in public places, with a two-metre gap, one-to-one training is taking place.
Aside from Alioski, Dallas, Bryce Hosannah and Mateusz Klich have all been pictured pounding the track at Thorp Arch.
They are not allowed inside the building at Thorp Arch, they are not sticking around for food, they leave and arrive in their kit, and they are only seeing one coach at a time on the fields.
Marcelo Bielsa is not yet back at Thorp Arch in a coaching capacity, he remains at his home in Wetherby, waiting for the green light, hopefully next week.
