Chelsea defender Bashir Humphreys is enjoying a first full senior preseason.

Humphreys has impressed during Chelsea's US tour.

He told chelseafc.com: "This is the first pre-season I have done fully, for one reason or another. I always heard things about what pre-season was like, like you do this and that. But this is it.

"In terms of getting bullied in training everyday, it is a mental challenge. Especially within the group, to keep that mentality strong because no one really wants to do it. It isn't stimulating, it's not fun.

"Like hurt ball [also known as murder ball] is so hard, harder than the running we're doing but it is more fun and stimulating. Yesterday, doing box-to-box running, it was a mental challenge. In that way, this is real. I am finding it so, so tough.

"Right now, I am fully focused on playing for Chelsea."