Jack Grealish's four-day celebrations after helping Manchester City win the Treble will finally have to come to an end on Tuesday due to international duty.
The hugely popular Englishman has been basking in the glory of City's triumph, ever since the final whistle went after their Champions League final victory over Inter Milan on Saturday.
He stayed out until sunrise for two successive nights, before joining his teammates for their open top bus tour through Manchester on Monday evening.
However, the five City players who have been called up by Gareth Southgate for the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia are expected to report to St George's Park on Tuesday evening and join up with the rest of the England squad.
Mail Sport understands the Treble-winning stars - who are Grealish, John Stones, Phil Foden, Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips - will be eased into training initially.
The plan is to have them available for Monday's game against North Macedonia at Old Trafford.
They are expected to travel with the rest of the squad to Malta for Friday's clash, but are not expected to start, while they may not even make the bench.
The quintet have been pictured thoroughly enjoying themselves over recent days and all five looked like they were loving every moment of Monday's parade.
Grealish in particular has caught the eye on social media since Saturday, with the City winger kicking off festivities in Istanbul by leading the chants in the dressing room post-match.
He then left the stadium with a Heineken in hand, along with a speaker blaring out Fleetwood Mac's 'Everywhere' as the England star already looked slightly worse for wear.
After gulping down several drinks back at the team hotel, the 27-year-old emerged on Sunday morning still wearing his City kit, with question marks raised over whether he had been to bed.
The party continued on the plane back, with Grealish even making use of the plane's intercom, much to his teammates' amusement.
Then, as City arrived back at Manchester airport on Sunday afternoon and posed on the steps of their club-encrusted Etihad plane, the full state of Grealish's celebrations could be seen far-and-wide.
In a video on social media, the England star was stumbling his way towards the terminal building, looking completely out of it.
One fan even joked: 'Grealish doesn't have a clue what planet he's on.'
With no time to rest, he jetted straight off to Ibiza with several other City stars for a 12-hour party, before they returned in time for the parade on Monday.
Yet again, the 27-year-old entertained and he was front-and-centre and Grealish even took his Instagram followers live to the celebrations and showed himself drenched in beer.
After joining up with England on Tuesday, the five City stars are expected to be assessed 'physically and emotionally' to see what state they are in to play.
The Three Lions are currently top of their qualifying group after victories against both Italy and Ukraine in March.
Victories this week would put Southgate's side with one foot in next summer's Euro 2024 tournament in Germany.
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