Juan Cuadrado has returned to Chelsea training in Austria, while Kurt Zouma has stepped up his recovery from injury.
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Zouma sustained a serious knee injury against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge earlier this year, and missed the second half of the season.
Chelsea face WAC RZ Pellets in a friendly on Wednesday having lost their opening match under Conte to another Austrian side Rapid Vienna over the weekend.
New manager Antonio Conte was also able to get a first look at Michy Batshuayi, who joined up with the squad late on Sunday and was thrown straight into training on Monday morning.
“Today he started the aerobic work for the first time”.
“I am delighted to sign for one of the biggest clubs in Europe and embark on the next chapter in my career”, he said following the move.
“When we have a very strong situation, no [he is not involved]”, he was quoted as saying by the club’s official website at a press conference held in Velden on Tuesday.
“Cuadrado is Chelsea’s player”, Conte said. ‘We prefer to wait and to take the right player rather than to take a player only for emotion’.
“I am very happy to see Zouma train”. He has also started to play our idea of football when we have the ball, and also without the ball. It’s important we don’t push him. “I had the same injury, so I know from personal experience that when the player is training [too hard, too early] it will go”.
Begovic wrote: “Another good day’s work in the books!”
The 21-year-old has since posted social media videos of himself walking without crutches and working on an exercise bike, telling The Sun last month that he was no longer in pain and “felt good”.
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Chelsea’s other recent signing N’Golo Kante is on holiday and will join up with his new teammates in America.
