Many of Chelsea's players had little more than a week to dwell on their FA Cup final defeat against Arsenal before they went off on international duty, but there is plenty of time for rest and reflection before they begin preparations for next season's Premier League title defence and return to the Champions League.
Antonio Conte will be reunited with his squad in the first week of July at Cobham, where they will again be subjected to the gruelling daily schedule of double training sessions and extensive tactical work that surprised many last summer. There will be no repeat of the week-long training camp in Austria that enabled Conte to get to know his new players in July 2016.