Chelsea's preparations for next season have been hit by complications to their summer friendlies.

Plans to play once in Poland and twice in Sweden as part of the annual International Champions Cup (ICC) tournament are in disarray after a series of complications.

A game against Sevilla, originally set for July 28 in Warsaw, will be subject to a change of venue and possibly a change of date because the Spanish club, having finished seventh in La Liga, will be playing in the Europa League second qualifying round, two days earlier.

Chelsea won the FA Cup last week but their pre-season plans have been hit by complications

Chelsea's fixture against Arsenal in Stockholm on August 4 has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled because the FA Cup winners will be in the FA Community Shield on August 5.

And a game against Inter Milan, planned for Gothenburg on August 1 will be moved to a different venue.

The ICC tournament organisers are to blame for the confusion and Chelsea must wait for the mess to be sorted out.

Antonio Conte has been involved in pre-season planning but he is unlikely to remain in charge

Although they remain confident games against Sevilla and Inter can still go ahead albeit not at the original venues.

This will be of little consolation for those supporters who moved quickly to book summer holidays and travel around the pre-season fixtures when the details were initially released.

Chelsea start their pre-season schedule in Australia against Perth Glory on Monday 23 July.

The game comes only eight days after the World Cup final in Moscow but the Londoners could take a strong squad with 10 first-teamers omitted from the tournament in Russia.