The countdown to the new season is firmly on, and tomorrow the Blues will fly out to the Netherlands for a training camp that will enable Sonia Bompastor and her players to intensify preparations for our opener against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Friday 5 September.

Bronze, Charles and Beever-Jones were part of a group returning to our Surrey base that also included Swedish duo Nathalie Bjorn and Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, French pair Sandy Baltimore and Oriane Jean-Francois, German midfielder Sjoeke Nusken, and Norway international Guro Reiten.

They were all straight back on the training pitches on a glorious day at Cobham, and we have pulled together the best images from today's workout...