Do we know who the Blues will face?

We do, with all our pre-season fixtures now confirmed. First, we travel to Dublin in Ireland for a training camp which includes games against Bohemians and St Patrick’s Athletic. Then we are off to Japan on pre-season tour, where we will face J-League champions Kawasaki Frontale before taking on Barcelona.

After that it’s a return to the UK, with a game against Championship side Reading on the agenda.

The Blues then travel to Austria to face Salzburg before wrapping up that trip with a game against Borussia Monchengladbach in nearby Germany.

There is also the Super Cup final, where the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League meet, to follow in Istanbul in August just a few days after our Premier League opener against Manchester United. We will face Liverpool in the Turkish capital.