Chelsea have confirmed their 29-man team for the pre-season tour of the United States. The Blues and their manager, Mauricio Pochettino, will travel to the United States for games against Wrexham, Brighton, Fulham, and Borussia Dortmund.

                        Levi Colwill

 Chelsea is moving a youthful group of youngsters to America as they prepare for the 2023/24 season under new management, after selling or releasing more than 10 members of their first-team squad from last season. Summer signings Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku, as well as a slew of other rising artists, have joined the tour. Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, Armando Broja, and Marcus Bettinelli were all left out due to injuries that are being monitored as they heal. According to the club, Reece James reported feeling sick and did not go as a precaution. Chelsea have welcomed back a bunch of returning loanees eager to show themselves to Pochettino, and the Argentine has allowed them to do so.

        Romelu Lukaku                                    Reece James

Levi Colwill, Ian Maatsen, and Andrey Santos were all chosen for the tour, however, Callum Hudson-Odoi was not. The winger spent last season on loan at Bayer Leverkusen, where he struggled to make an impression. He is now expected to leave the club, with Fulham and Nottingham Forest among the clubs interested. There was no room for Romelu Lukaku, Hakim Ziyech, or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang elsewhere.

The trio are all surplus to needs and have been given more time away from Cobham to find work elsewhere. Lukaku has drawn the most interest, with significant earnings to shift and a hefty price tag still hanging over his head. The Belgian is not believed to be in Pochettino's plans for next season, although he has yet to find a new club. Inter has apparently backed out of the competition for him, leaving Juventus with the option of moving to Saudi Arabia. Ziyech himself was on the verge of a move to the Saudi Pro League but medical difficulties scuttled the agreement.

Badiashile is sidelined due to a hamstring injury sustained at the close of last season. Football. London believes that Badiashile is aiming to return to play at the start of the new season, and he is continuing to perform gym training behind the scenes at Cobham to guarantee this. There was no place for fellow Under-21 prodigy Omari Hutchinson or Harvey Vale, who were both left out of the squad with the assumption that both players would find a loan to further their development.

Despite strong ties to Leicester, Cesare Casadei has been allowed to impress Pochettino in action. Bashir Humphreys and Alfie Gilchrist from the academy have joined the squad after a fortnight of training in Surrey, as has Malo Gusto following his return from loan at Lyon in the second part of the season. The entire squad: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Gabriel Slonina, Eddie Beach, Jamie Cumming, and Lucas Bergstrom are the goalkeepers. Thiago Silva, Malo Gusto, Alfie Gilchrist, Bashir Humphreys, Ben Chilwell, Marc Cucurella, Ian Maatsen, Trevoh Chalobah, and Levi Colwill are the defenders. Conor Gallagher, Enzo Fernandez, Andrey Santos, Cesare Casadei, Carney Chukwuemeka, and Lewis Hall are the midfielders.

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