Frank Lampard has avoided having to go into a two-week quarantine and miss the start of Chelsea's pre-season by returning home from his holiday in France.
It comes as Premier League players, like many members of the public, rush to beat the UK's new travel restrictions which come into effect on Saturday at 4am.
Lampard was away with family in the coastal city of Antibes when news broke that France had been removed from the ‘safe’ list. Holland has also been removed.
But Sportsmail has learned there are clubs who have given players who are visiting family abroad permission to stay, meaning they will miss the start of pre-season.
Those not able to leave France or Holland in time will be given individual training programmes to follow until they are able to rejoin their respective groups.
Players of multiple Premier League clubs, including Brighton, Sheffield United and West Ham, are scheduled for their first day of pre-season training on Monday.
Some sides encouraged their squads to take their holidays early, to allow time for a quarantine period if necessary.
Chelsea's pre-season will start later than others due to their involvement in the FA Cup final, which they lost to Arsenal, and Champions League against Bayern Munich.
Fulham are also set to start preparations for next season later after taking part in the play-off final, which they won 2-1 against Brentford at Wembley Stadium.
The new season is due to start on September 12.
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Guys remember when I said Lampard did well to even keep the game to 4 against Bayern with what he has. The "World class" Barcelona with their £1 billion+ squad just conceded 8. We are bad but there are worse out there trust me we just need a few signings to get back on track. If Chelsea do the right business we can make semi finals of UCL next season I've seek the levels and only Bayern strike me as a teams to be scared off. Would honestly 8-2 face Bayern next year...