Chelsea manager Di Matteo aims to go seven up this season

Roberto Di Matteo has challenged his Chelsea players to make history as they start the season with the chance to win seven trophies.

Chelsea begin the campaign against Manchester City in the Community Shield at Villa Park on Sunday, take on Atletico Madrid in the Super Cup in Monaco on August 31 and will travel to Tokyo in December to contest the World Club Cup.

All smiles: Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo

These are on top of their usual commitments of Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup.
Di Matteo said: ‘These are opportunities and it’s great to be involved in these competitions because we want to win trophies.
‘They don’t come around very often and that’s how we will look at it. We will deal with the fixture list.
‘The targets we have are made collectively because football is a tam game.
‘I talk to my players individually as well, but it takes a collective effort to achieve our ambitions.’
Di Matteo, who won the FA Cup and Champions League after a stunning second half to the season, has the full backing of owner Roman Abramovich.

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He has spent £64m this summer recruiting Brazilian playmaker Oscar, former Lille winger Eden Hazard and Marko Marin from Werder Bremen.
Oscar will join up with his new team-mates for the first time after Brazil’s international friendly against Sweden on Wednesday.
Marin is unlikely to face City because of an injury, but Chelsea supporters will see Hazard line up at Villa Park.
This is the next generation of Chelsea players and Abramovich is determined to challenge City at the top of the Barclays Premier League this season.
Di Matteo added: ‘Roman’s will to win has never decreased at any moment. He wants to win and he backs it up.
‘Our aim, or ambition, is to challenge for trophies at the end of the season.
‘We are going to be in competitions that are new to us, but we have to do better than finish sixth in the Premier League.
‘There won’t be radical changes in the way we play, but with the influence of new players it will be different.
‘It will take a bit of time, but we need to win games as well, but I don’t think we will see a completely different Chelsea overnight.’
Despite a number of incoming transfers, Di Matteo also confirmed that Romelu Lukaku and Josh McEachran have been made available for season-long loans.