Chelsea's plans and preparations for the 2022/23 Premier League season will be able to begin later this month when the fixture scheduled is confirmed.
Thomas Tuchel's side are currently on their post-season holidays following a third placed finish in the Premier League last season which was backed up by triumphs in the Super Cup and Club World Cup.
The Chelsea head coach is now planning a rebuild of his Chelsea side ahead of next season as he looks to mount a title challenge to Manchester City and Liverpool in a bid to win the Blues' first league title since 2017.
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"It will be a super tough race," said Tuchel last month on the 2022/23 title race. "Manchester United will be in the race and Tottenham will be in the race with Antonio Conte for sure.
"We want to stay in the race and Liverpool and Man City do everything to make their squads bigger and they set the standard so high. This is the challenge in which we compete."
Chelsea will be joined in the top-flight next term by Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest after they all secured promotion from the Championship, while Norwich City, Watford and Burnley were all relegated.
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And the Blues along with all of the other 19 teams will find out their schedules for next season on Thursday 16th June at 9am (UK).
They won their opening game against Crystal Palace last season with a 3-0 win over Patrick Vieira's side at Stamford Bridge and will be hoping for a similar start to the campaign this time out.
Who will be in their squad for the opening day will be decided in pre-season which sees them head out to the United States for a week-long training camp ahead of three fixtures against Club America, Charlotte FC and Arsenal.
Two players who will return from their loan spells and be given a chance to impress are Conor Gallagher and Armando Broja. Tuchel admitted last month: “First of all they will come back because they are our players. When we give them on loan we do this for them but also for us to have better players, more experienced players back.
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"They are our players and I want to have them in pre-season and then we decide what’s going on.
"It’s heavily linked to them, to how they integrate and what they do and what our ideas are for them and what they want to reach.
"It’s heavily linked to our sanctions, situation around the club. It is too early to predict the future for them given the role of the whole season but they will be back for pre-season, that’s for sure."
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The majority of the squad will report back to their Cobham training ground on 2 July for the beginning of pre-season.
Topics: Chelsea, Premier League
Matthew Debono