Chelsea players are set to report for pre-season, but new manager Xabi Alonso will be without a handful of stars at Cobham ...

Sports Mole takes a look at how Xabi Alonso will spend his first pre-season as Chelsea manager, with details of the Blues' schedule, kickoff times and how to watch.

Newcastle United are to play Ligue 1 side Strasbourg, the French club that the Chelsea owners also control. The pre-season friendly is a 4pm kick-off on Sunday 16 August.

The Stamford Bridge hierarchy are sending their expensive squad on a massive global trip before the new season begins – here are the pre-season fixtures for 2026-27.

Xabi Alonso will hope to get off to a winning start when he makes his debut as Chelsea manager later this month.

The long, intolerable wait is over. A little more than three weeks after lifting the FIFA Club World Cup in New Jersey, Chelsea are back in pre-season training at Cobham. Enzo Maresca’s team only have ...

Enzo Maresca’s words during the FIFA Club World Cup celebrations on the MetLife Stadium pitch tapped into the prevailing mood at Chelsea: euphoria tinged with exhaustion at the end of a season that ...

The newly crowned world champions are enjoying some well-deserved time off ahead of the 2025–26 season. Chelsea ranked among the outsiders to go all the way at the revamped Club World Cup this summer, ...

Chelsea face AC Milan in their final pre-season fixture before the beginning of their 2025/26 campaign. It has been a short pre-season for Chelsea after returning late following their Club World Cup ...

Chelsea stars are set to return for pre-season, but Xabi Alonso will be without several players at Cobham ...

Chelsea have recently announced plans for their involvement in a super cup for pre-season in the summer of 2026. It seems weird to be thinking about or talking about next season already, seeing as we ...