Chelsea pre-season: Blues stars look in good shape ahead of new season as they show off six-packs by the pool

CHELSEA‘S players are doing their best to get back up to Speedos before the new season kicks off.

The Blues were pictured today in sunny Beverly Hills, California, warming down in the pool after a training session.

Bertrand Traore and Cesc Fabregas were the stand-out players in skimpy swimming briefs, while the rest of the squad donned Chelsea-branded trunks.

Willian – who in May looked to have piled on the pounds – and Co showed off their six-packs as they aim to get back to full fitness before their Premier League opener at home to West Ham on August 15.

Chelsea have already got one over on Prem rivals Liverpool after winning 1-0 in a pre-season clash.

But there was nothing friendly about the match, as Fabregas was sent off for a horror tackle on Reds new boy Ragnar Klavan.

Boss Antonio Conte, though, is encouraging a fiesty team-spirit ahead of the new campaign.

Speaking after the match at the Rose Bowl, situated in Pasadena, Los Angeles, he said: “Yes, I like if my team plays with great aggression and high intensity.

“We train to prepare for that because I want that my team has an identity.

“I want that if you see Chelsea you say, ‘Oh Chelsea are playing’. That’s important for me, it is important for the club and the owner, everyone.

“I want to continue in this way because this is the only way to come back very soon for the title.”