Mykhailo Mudryk, Levi Colwill and the seven Chelsea players out to prove a point during pre-season

Chelsea have begun their preparations for the new season by heading on tour to the USA with a squad that is almost unrecognisable to the group that finished the last one. Plenty of new faces have arrived - including a new head coach - and even more have been shown the door.

Everyone associated with the club will be hoping for a much more enjoyable trip than their visit to the States a year ago, where their dreadful performances foreshadowed the nightmarish season they would endure on and off the pitch in 2022-23.

The scale of the task facing Mauricio Pochettino is significant, but there are plenty of individual players who will be feeling even more pressure to make an impact in the US. GOAL runs through those who will be out to prove a point...