Newcastle travel to Hearts on Friday night for their first pre-season friendly of the summer.

And it was clear from Thursday's training session that the players can't wait to get back out onto the pitch.

The players returned for pre-season training last week and the Tynecastle match will see their preparations for next season's Premier League campaign move up a notch.

The likes of Dwight Gayle and Jonjo Shelvey were involved, along with Adam Armstrong, Freddie Woodman and Rolando Aarons.

Club photographer Serena Taylor brought nufc.co.uk this exclusive gallery.