The sun was out at Cobham on Monday afternoon, with the squad's focus firmly looking forward as we head into a new week with two fixtures to get stuck into. The first sees us head to Villa Park on Wednesday night, as we prepare to take on Aston Villa in the Premier League and look to return to winning ways following our loss to Arsenal on Sunday.

After suffering a narrow defeat to our midweek hosts at the end of 2025, the Blues will be looking to enact revenge in the Midlands, and the pre-match work started today.

Following yesterday's contest at the Emirates, the group on the grass were players who didn't feature from the start against Arsenal, which included the likes of Josh Acheampong, Benoit Badiashile, Liam Delap and Malo Gusto.

Marc Cucurella, who Liam Rosenior confirmed at his pre-match press conference is close to a return, was also involved, as was Alejandro Garnacho who made an impression from the bench against the Gunners.

In the meantime, you can scroll down now to see our favourite pictures from today's workout, and remember to stay tuned to the Chelsea Official App and website for all the build-up ahead of Wednesday's match...