Chelsea kick off their pre-season campaign at the Accor Stadium in Sydney City, Australia this week, facing A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers.
There are plenty of new faces in the Chelsea squad, with the likes of Marco Palestra and Dastan Satpayev looking forward to their first-team debuts after sealing transfers this summer.
It is also, of course, the first match of Xabi Alonso’s tenure with the club, giving fans a first opportunity to get a glimpse of his new brand of football.
He will hope for an easy start to life in royal blue as he faces Western Sydney, who finished bottom of A-League last season with just 21 points taken from 26 matches.
It is the first outing of an extended pre-season campaign for Chelsea, which will also see them face Tottenham, Juventus, AC Milan and Johor Darul Ta’zim in Asia and Oceania before returning to London to play Real Sociedad.
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