Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon insists there's no fears of burnout as they commit to this summer's four-team pre-season tournament in the United States.

He said: "If you look at our schedule the players will return from the holidays around July 6 and will spend 10 days at our Cobham training facility for medical and fitness work. Then we'll get on the plane.

"Normally we would be looking at six to eight games before the start of our season and the first possible date to start that will be on August 7 for the Charity Shield or August 14 for the first league game.

"So we think there's plenty of time there to get our team in the best possible shape and our coaches are very happy with the number of games being scheduled for the US."

Nor was Kenyon concerned with the travelling involved with Chelsea players crossing from west coast to east coast and then halfway back across continental America to Texas.

"Quite honestly, no," Kenyon said.

"This is not something that one part of the club has decided on. This has been decided on as a complete pre-season, so our medical staff have been involved in the whole process.

"Our players are going to be back on July 6, they'll have six competitive games before August 14 and there's ample time. And we can't stress enough the fantastic sporting facilities that exist here in the US and as a consequence of that, pre-season training is aided rather than hampered.

"We'll have a crucial 10-day period of medical and fitness tests before we get on the plane and I think we're all very comfortable that this is a good preparation for what we will be, hopefully, 60-plus games next season."