The lads will be chucking the sun tan cream away and be replacing them with football boots when they return to training on Monday. The whole squad except David Carney and Luton Shelton will not be at the Shirecliffe venue because they have been given permission to have an extra week of holidays because of the games they have been playing throughout the past months for their respective international teams.
The surge of Blackwell's Blades will be promotion and which is eager to be completed be time the trip to Selhurst Park in May on the final day. None of the players from last seasons campaign have departed so it will be a solid base for Blackwell to work from.
But you can count David Cotterill out of that list who has returned to Wigan Athletic after his loan spell at the Lane but Blackwell is trying his utmost hardest to sign him.
To find out other key dates of United's season then just visit the Blades Mad Calendar.