Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has named the 29 players he wants to work with during the team’s pre-season tour in the United States.
The Chelsea players have departed for Los Angeles, where they will spend the next week for a summer training camp, on Saturday.
Among last season’s first team members (Romelu Lukaku and Saul Niguez excluded), only N’Golo Kante and Ruben Loftus-Cheek have not made the travelling squad due to their vaccination status.
Several returning loanees; Conor Gallagher, Billy Gilmour, Ethan Ampadu, Michy Batshuayi, Emerson, Tino Anjorin, and Levi Colwill, also made the cut.
Unfortunately, Ian Maatsen and Dujon Sterling, who took part in during pre-season at Cobham, did not get picked by Tuchel.
The manager, however, has included two academy stars; young goalkeeper, Teddy Sharman-Lowe and versatile midfielder, Harvey Vale.
There were other academy players involved in pre-season in the last week, such as Charlie Webster and Lewis Hall, but were not selected but Tuchel for the tour.
Chelsea’s official website also confirms that Armando Broja is not on the plane but could join up the squad next week.
The Blues will play their first pre-season game against Club America in Las Vegas, next week, 16 July.
They will then visit Charlotte FC’s Bank of America Stadium on Wednesday, 20 July, before facing Arsenal in Camping World Stadium in Florida on Saturday, 23 July, at the end of their tour.
The full Chelsea pre-season tour squad:
Goalkeepers
Kepa Arrizabalaga
Marcus Bettinelli
Edouard Mendy
Teddy Sharman-Lowe
Defenders
Marcos Alonso
Ethan Ampadu
Cesar Azpilicueta
Trevoh Chalobah
Ben Chilwell
Levi Colwill
Reece James
Kenedy
Emerson Palmieri
Malang Sarr
Thiago Silva
Midfielders
Ross Barkley
Conor Gallagher
Billy Gilmour
Jorginho
Mateo Kovacic
Mason Mount
Harvey Vale
Forwards
Tino Anjorin
Michy Batshuayi
Kai Havertz
Callum Hudson-Odoi
Christian Pulisic
Timo Werner
Hakim Ziyech
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