The Pre-Season Thread

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea have a squad of loanees training for pre-season away from the main group as club's huge cast players look for new teams

[Darogba 112]

What's going on? The players still aren't back yet.

[thekid9 418]

Monday

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Matic on Jose Mourinho's pre-season: "Very hard! We do some running without the ball – but I like his pre-season" #CFC (Mail)

[BlueLyon 9,359]

GK: Tibo, Begovic, Jamal?

DEF: Terry, Cahill, Iva, Azpi, Zouma, Luis

MID: Matic, Cesc, Ramires, Mikel, RLC

AM: Willian, Hazard, Oscar, Cuadrado, Traore?

ST: Costa, Falcao, Remy

That makes 19 outfield players, we need to bring another 1 and possibly more if Luis/Mikel/Ramires/Traore/Remy/Zouma/Oscar wont be here next season.

We had some problems with squad depth (and more with quality of bench) last season, we should address that if we are not looking to improve our first 11.

[RhesusReus 219]

GK: Tibo, Begovic, Jamal?

DEF: Terry, Cahill, Iva, Azpi, Zouma, Luis

MID: Matic, Cesc, Ramires, Mikel, RLC

AM: Willian, Hazard, Oscar, Cuadrado, Traore?

ST: Costa, Falcao, Remy

That makes 19 outfield players, we need to bring another 1 and possibly more if Luis/Mikel/Ramires/Traore/Remy/Zouma/Oscar wont be here next season.

We had some problems with squad depth (and more with quality of bench) last season, we should address that if we are not looking to improve our first 11.

Jose said 3 players. Falcao and Begavoic makes it 2, and unless Jose is telling lies like he does 90% of the time, I think 1 more player will be all we sign. I just hope that one player is a world class one.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Jose said 3 players. Falcao and Begavoic makes it 2, and unless Jose is telling lies like he does 90% of the time, I think 1 more player will be all we sign. I just hope that one player is a world class one.

If we keep all the current players, one more will be enough yes.

But didnt he say somewhere he will sign one defender, one midfielder and one striker?

But as we know Mou, he could do anything.

[1chelsea 864]

Jose will get his hand on what he wants. He is playing the last card after other top rivals put their cards on the table he knows what he want to go for in the market and hit them on the run he is that brilliant. Please watch out for him in the transfer market now he has seen it all what other manager have gotten for themselves, that why he always say one thing and do another. this man is a genius he looked into other aspects of life and use it as a his weapon. If anyone here have watch car challenge you will understand what am talking a about. He is the best coach out there.

[Ledg 639]

Official Chelsea account on Twitter posted that players are traveling to Montreal in 2 days, so I suppose they will not train at Cobham at all?

Or they'll be training only tomorrow?

[CFC888 219]

The pre-season squad in Canada this week is as follows:

Thibaut Courtois, Asmir Begovic, Jamal Blackman, Cesar Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanovic, Ola Aina, Gary Cahill, John Terry, Kurt Zouma, Jake Clarke-Salter, Nemanja Matic, John Mikel Obi, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ramires, Cesc Fabregas, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Bertrand Traore, Victor Moses, Loic Remy, Diego Costa and Dominic Solanke.

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/07/champions-touchdown-in-canada-.html

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

No Cuadrado, no happy

No Romeu, he is off for sure.

Where is Salah?

[CFC888 219]

No Cuadrado, no happy

He is joining up with the squad later due to Copa America involvement. Same goes for Luis, Willian and Falcao.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

He is joining up with the squad later due to Copa America involvement. Same goes for Luis, Willian and Falcao.

Yup, just mentioning no first choice scapegoat, it means Oscar will be up there for sure.

[GhanaBoy 104]

http://www.apimages.com/Search?query=Chelsea+training&ss=10&st=kw&entitysearch=&toltem=18&orderBy=Newest

Chelsea preseason photos:

By the looks of things a full game took place, one team consisting of:Begovic: Chalobah, Ivanovic, Cahill, Azpiliqueta: RLC, Matic, Ramires: Hazard, Remy, Salanke: Versus : Courtois: Clarke-Salter, Terry, Zouma, Aina: Oscar, Mikel, Fabregas: Moses, Costa, B.Traore

(The only player on tour unused was J. Blackman)

PS. Just search Chelsea training

[jasonlol 154]

they picked a very ugly part of montreal to train; its some random fields in some old industrial/shipping park https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.550666,-73.531595,3a,90y,111.52h,75.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbXegaO9ezetprucjk2V1mg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

[bluesman2610 1,226]

they picked a very ugly part of montreal to train; its some random fields in some old industrial/shipping park https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.550666,-73.531595,3a,90y,111.52h,75.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbXegaO9ezetprucjk2V1mg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Montreal Impact training facilities .. ugh like 20 mins from my grandparents place I'm so upset I don't have the week off to go see my family , oh and my grandparents as well haha

[DavidEU 2,023]

Small side note to pre season. One of Joses assistants, Jose Morais is back with the group after a one year sabbatical coaching.

[DavidEU 2,023]

On top of that, looks like Hilario is involved with the first team goalkeepers now, I think, for the first time.