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Oliver Harbord

Chelsea fans tell Frank Lampard the team they want him to pick at Manchester United

Chelsea get their Premier League campaign under way on Sunday when they make the trip to Manchester United.

Not only does the match at Old Trafford mark the start of their 2019/20 season, it is also Frank Lampard's first game as head coach of the club.

It is going to be a big team selection for Lampard to choose his very first starting XI, and football.london readers have had their say over who should be in the first XI.

We asked Blues fans who they wanted to be in the team and it appears to be a pretty consistent team with what we expect from Lampard.

football.london has to make a bit of a disclaimer, and that is we asked fans to pick before David Luiz's shock transfer deadline day move to Arsenal yesterday.

But for the sake of argument, let's just stick Andreas Christensen in his place for the position!

As you can see from the team above, Blues fans want Jorginho to partner N'Golo Kante in the middle of the park, with Ross Barkley playing as the number ten.

Tammy Abraham to lead the line, flanked by Pedro and Christian Pulisic as the other forwards.

Meanwhile, Emerson Palmieri got the nod over Marcos Alonso, with Cesar Azpilicueta as the right-back and Kurt Zouma as the centre-back.

It looks like a team that will be pretty close to the one that Lampard picks, and you can follow his press conference at 1pm today on football.london to see what he has to say.

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