Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has confirmed Eden Hazard and Tiemoue Bakayoko will miss the Community Shield with Arsenal on Sunday and the Premier League opener with Burnley.
Hazard has been out of action since injuring his ankle in training with the Belgium national side, and Conte has confirmed that summer signing Bakayoko underwent knee surgery earlier in the summer.
"There are two players [unavailable]: Eden Hazard and Bakayoko," Conte said at his news conference. "They are working to try to recover very soon but they are not able for tomorrow's game."
Chelsea begin their season at home to Burnley on Aug.