With the Premier League season now over, some English clubs are off on end-of-season tours around the world.
This week, Manchester City and Chelsea meet at the Busch Stadium, home of Major League Baseball's St Louis Cardinals, before heading to New York for a second friendly a few days later.
Below is the some of the build-up to the Thursday, May 23 clash from both clubs who have been busy promoting the exhibition games this week.
US TOUR: The squad have been training @montclairstateu in NJ ahead of tomorrow's friendly against @chelseafc: twitter.com/MCFC/status/33 — Manchester City FC (@MCFC) May 22, 2013
US TOUR: @21lva leads the pack for a jog to loosen limbs at the beginning of this training session: twitter.com/MCFC/status/33 — Manchester City FC (@MCFC) May 22, 2013
DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK: New City EDS boss @officialvieira joins in with Gareth Barry, Maicon and Micah: twitter.com/MCFC/status/33 — Manchester City FC (@MCFC) May 22, 2013
GOT YOUR FINGER: What's got Aleksandar Kolarov so tickled? Is it Joe Hart's head cam? Perhaps we shouldn't ask...: twitter.com/MCFC/status/33 — Manchester City FC (@MCFC) May 22, 2013
US TOUR: Who is coming to watch @21lva at Busch Stadium, St Louis tomorrow night? How far are you coming? twitter.com/MCFC/status/33 — Manchester City FC (@MCFC) May 22, 2013
And over in the Chelsea camp
It's great to be here at Busch Stadium... #CFCUSAtwitter.com/chelseafc/stat
— Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) May 23, 2013
As always, the session starts with some keep-ball. #CFCUSAtwitter.com/chelseafc/stat — Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) May 23, 2013
Some lovely play out there, though this scene looks like it might be more NFL... #CFCUSAtwitter.com/chelseafc/stat — Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) May 23, 2013
More than 10,000 of these guys are inside Busch Stadium. A fantastic turnout. #CFCUSAtwitter.com/chelseafc/stat — Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) May 23, 2013
Ramires let's fly, hits the crossbar... #CFCUSAtwitter.com/chelseafc/stat — Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) May 23, 2013
And earlier in the week, City launched their £72million kit agreement with Nike and posted their new home strip shortly after.
CITY RISING: Pre-order the new @nikefootball home kit and you could win a prize. Details: manc.it/10NpoKutwitter.com/MCFC/status/33 — Manchester City FC (@MCFC) May 22, 2013
CITY RISING: #MCFC launch new @nikefootball kit in New York: manc.it/10Nn2uT#cityrisingtwitter.com/MCFC/status/33
— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) May 21, 2013
