August 13 at 4.30pm - the countdown until the start of Chelsea's season is locked in. Mauricio Pochettino will open his Blues account in the Premier League against Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.
The season may have not long ended and the transfer window has not even been open for two days but now attention is firmly fixed on the 2023/24 season. The Blues' squad still needs whittling down to a more manageable number with Pochettino potentially overseeing a team that has undergone a great deal of turnover.
Sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart will have a hefty challenge to prepare the squad for the opening day, with still weeks of the transfer window remaining. Bringing in new faces for Pochettino to work with from the off will be crucial after the last-minute deals of last term included Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Denis Zakaria.
