Celtic manager Neil Lennon reveals "tentative inroads" on the transfer market, as he looks to build his squad for a 10 in a Row push.
The Hoops were crowned Premiership champions for a ninth season on the spin after the 2019-20 campaign was called to a halt.
Now Celtic are chasing a historic 10 in a Row, and the Irishman reveals planning is already well under way.
Lennon told Celtic TV : "I've just come from a two-hour meeting with the board, and Nick (Hammond) and John Kennedy.
"We've got another one lined-up for tomorrow, so in terms of the recruitment processes they're all under way now.
"In terms of adding to the squad and talking with clubs it's early days, but we've made tentative inroads in regard to that as well.
"Just getting the players back, getting them familiar with the atmosphere, getting them familiar with the training, getting them familiar with the surroundings again is going to be important.
"But we need to be patient with that as well. We know we've got a June 11 start, hopefully in a week or two's time we can start training in bigger groups.
"All that is in the process for getting ready for the first week in August."
Lennon also revealed the plans for next week's return.
He explained: "The players are back in next week, we'll start doing the medical side of things on Monday and Tuesday.
"We'll get tested on Wednesday and hopefully we can start in small groups on Thursday.
"It'll be groups of five, so we'll have two groups in the morning, two groups at lunchtime and two groups in the afternoon.
"So we'll get to see them all. I haven't seen them for a while, you tend to miss them. You miss how close you are, that camaraderie, that atmosphere around the place.
"Again, there will be certain protocols. They can't go in the building, they'll have to do other stuff outside.
"That's fine, we're just delighted we can have some sort of semblance of training, and we have a target now of the first week of August."
