Mauricio Pochettino's Chelsea baptism takes place at the Kenan Memorial Stadium in North Carolina on Wednesday evening, as the Blues square off against League Two-bound Wrexham.
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While the Hollywood-owned Red Dragons revelled in a highly-publicised success story last season, the story could hardly have been any more different for those upstairs at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea's cut-throat owners had originally committed to a long-term project with Potter before swallowing their pride and attempting to win the fans back with the re-hiring of Lampard, whose sacking by Everton did not exactly inspire confidence within the Stamford Bridge faithful.
Despite the vast array of multi-million pound talent at his disposal, Lampard oversaw an abysmal stretch of end-of-season form, masterminding just one win over Bournemouth and ultimately landing Chelsea in mid-table mediocrity, closer to the relegation zone than the European places.
Rivals fans had a field day as the big-spending Blues languished to a 12th-placed finish, but optimism is gradually growing following the appointment of the attack-minded Pochettino, as well as a mass exodus of ageing and unwanted players, some of whom have boosted the club's coffers with significant transfer fees.
All five of Chelsea's pre-season games will take place in the United States, where Brighton & Hove Albion, Newcastle United and Fulham will be lying in wait for the Premier League Summer Series, before Borussia Dortmund seek a slice of revenge for last year's Champions League exit at the hands of Chelsea.
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