Chelsea 2022-23 pre-season preview: Squad analysis, Schedule, Opponents, Venue

The
Blues
will
have
their
training
camp
in
Los
Angeles,
California,
and
will
then
play
a
series
of
high-profile
fixtures
in
some
of
the
biggest
stadiums
across
the
country.

Thomas
Tuchel
will
ask
his
players
to
return
for
pre-season
on
2
July
with
his
international
players
coming
back
a
week
later
on
9
July.
The
Blues
train
at
UCLA’s
world-class
facilities
for
a
week.
It
used
to
be
Jose
Mourinho’s
favourite
destination
for
pre-season
as
well.

The
Blues
will
then
travel
to
Las
Vegas
Raiders’ Allegiant
Stadium
to
open
their
pre-season
with
a
match
against
Mexican
giants
Club
America.
Tuchel’s
side
will
then
head
to
North
Carolina
and
Charlotte’s
Bank
of
America
Stadium
to
face
the
MLS
side.

After
that,
the
Blues
will
take
on
their
London
rivals
Arsenal
in
the
Camping
World
Stadium.

Here
are
Chelsea’s
three
pre-season
fixtures
in
America:

Fixture
1
–
Club
America

Date:
16
July
2022

Time:
TBA

Location:
Allegiant
Stadium,
Las
Vegas

Fixture
2
–
Charlotte
FC

Date:
20
July
2022

Time:
TBA

Location:
Bank
of
America
Stadium,
Charlotte

Fixture
3
–
Arsenal

Date:
23
July
2022

Time:
TBA

Location:
Camping
World
Stadium,
Orlando

Chelsea
will
begin
their
season
on
August
6th
with
an
away
game
against
Everton
at
Goodison
Park,
managed
by
former
Chelsea
player
and
manager
Frank
Lampard.
They
will
then
host
local
rivals
Spurs
before
taking
on
Leeds
United
away.

The
Blues
will
be
keen
to
have
a
much
better
next
season
after
a
mixed
last
season
that
saw
them
challenged
by
several
off-the-pitch
issues.
With
a
new
owner
on
board,
they
are
expected
to
be
quite
active
this
summer
although
they
are
yet
to
open
their
business.

Antonio
Rudiger
and
Andreas
Christensen
have
both
left
the
club
and
more
could
follow
with
players
like
Cesar
Azpilicueta,
Marcos
Alonso,
and
Hakim
Ziyech
strongly
linked
with
exits.
Romelu
Lukaku
meanwhile
looks
set
to
join
Inter
Milan
on
loan
after
a
poor
season
while
Timo
Werner
could
also
be
on
his
way
out.