Well, that’s it for another season for the team and doubtless many of the lads are either on or are heading for the beaches as we speak. In hasn’t been a campaign to remember for the men’s team but then again, it may well be a season that we can learn more from as a club, than we would have, had it been an average ‘nearly’ season for them.

There will be big changes over the summer and even if the most noticeable are those on the field and in the dugout, there have been and will be plenty behind the scenes too.

As for lads lounging on the beaches, it still will not be the case for all of them. The calls from the international teams are still coming in as they reach for their holiday reps’ phone numbers. These international matches seem to go on forever and even I have got a couple more games left to go to, not that I am complaining. There is the small matter of Scotland vs Georgia in Glasgow after I travel over to Oslo to cover the Norway vs Scotland game.

It is at moments like these you realise how little time the players actually get off each year. Consider Erling Haaland having to play in the Champions league final against Inter on Saturday and then having little time to celebrate before heading back to face Scotland for his country. So as a mark of my concern for his wellbeing I would like to start a campaign for him to be left out of that second match, purely for his own health.

This is nothing to do with my being Scottish, absolutely not, no siree, I refute that completely as a vicious slur on my character! While we are at it, can we have Martin Odegaard rested too. He is very young and it has been a physically and mentally wearing season for him and everyone at Arsenal.

The real point is that there are some who haven’t got the factor 30 out yet because of their country’s needs, but there are also a few more that have to make sure they stay in peak condition because they have had injuries. We weren’t short of them during the season.

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Then there were those who didn’t get enough games. If they have anything about themselves in regards to professionalism, they will keep themselves in top condition and be ready to explode onto the scene again next season.

It doesn’t matter who you are, it is always to some degree a clean slate at the start of a new season and I always thought it best to arrive on day one impressing the manager with your condition and attitude. You have to rest of course but do not let yourself go in any way. It can be a fine line but a good pro knows exactly where it is drawn.

This is, of course, doubly the case when there is a new manager on the scene. To be fair, Chelsea players have got used to the idea of new managers turning up over the years but even so it never changes. You have to impress the boss and much of what you have done before counts for very little indeed.

We know some players will leave and there could be a few that some would rather see staying on, but these are the circumstances that can arise. Remember nobody wanted the likes of Toni Rudiger to go but a mix of sanctions and new contract freezing meant that he left, even if very few at the club wanted it to happen. It is however about what can be built after Mauricio Pochettino finally gets the squad to look the way he wants it to. The sooner that happens the better.

Some players might be on holiday but the real work behind the scenes always happens just about now at football clubs, especially in terms of trying to persuade the people you want to come. I am not saying the success of next season is solely dependent on how the backroom team perform over the next few weeks, but it certainly will have a pretty huge effect and the new coach knows this.

That’s why we will all still be glued to this website, the 5th Stand and indeed the news being published from all the usual outlets. It could be a very exciting summer, even if it is short, but then it always is exciting with Chelsea.

I am not even getting a break. This month I’m travelling around the UK promoting my new book Football and How to Survive It. I will not plug it too hard here, but a good part of this one deals with my period as chief executive of Scottish top-flight club Motherwell, running the organisation for the new owner who hadn’t been involved in the game before.

Hopefully it is enlightening to anyone who wants to know the inside story of how it all works and indeed some of the mad things that happen away from the public’s gaze and the media glare. People can say what they like about all the new owners in the Premier League but none of them had to deal with discovering the goal posts were the wrong size on the first-team pitch, or that they had a 16-yard line not an 18-yard line at one end!

As I said, it is a stressful time but also a vital time. My period as chief executive also saw me in the playing squad which I must admit added to the extreme stress levels. Here is a little secret for you from someone who has done both. What is the most stressful, being a top-level international footballer or being a club CEO? It isn’t even close. It is the chief exec job by a country mile!

Fortunately, Todd Boehly and the rest of the board don’t have to get the boots on too, like I did! It did however give me an insight into all the things that go on in the background, which is why I know the importance of the next month. I mean for the club, not my book sales, though obviously that is vitally important too.

All that is left to say from me is have a great summer everyone.