Chelsea are back in action on Friday morning (UK time) as they face Kawasaki Frontale in Japan.
Life under new head coach Frank Lampard is firmly underway and the Blues legend has already overseen two pre-season friendlies since his appointment at the beginning of the month.
The first of which was a draw with Bohemians and then a comprehensive 4-0 win over St Patrick's Athletic as part of the club's tour in Ireland.
Lampard has since taken a 25-man squad to Japan as preparations for the new Premier League season kick up a notch.
Kawasaki Frontale are first up in Yokohama on Friday, with La Liga champions Barcelona then to come in Saitama four days later.
Chelsea threw open the doors to the media and fans on Thursday afternoon as they trained at the NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium ahead of their first friendly in the country.
Among those in the training session was N'Golo Kante.
The France international didn't feature in either game in Ireland, but Lampard was positive regarding the midfielder's fitness when speaking earlier in the week.
"N’Golo is here and will hopefully integrate with the rest of the team," Lampard told reporters. "I don’t envisage him being too long and hopefully will take part in one of the games while we are here."
Also present at the training session in Japan was Ashley Cole.
football.london understands that the former Blues left-back flew out to the Far East to be part of the club's promotions around their match in Yokohama, amid claims he could be part of Lampard's coaching staff.
Although, Lampard's assistant head coach Jody Morris got stuck in.
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