Thomas Tuchel will use Jose Mourinho tradition to prepare Chelsea for Premier League battle

It was in the California heat that Jose Mourinho built the first great Chelsea side of the Roman Abramovich era. Countless hours were spent on the training pitches at UCLA in the summer of 2004 in which the self-proclaimed Special One forged an unbreakable bond with his players that carried them to back-to-back Premier League titles.

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Such was the success of the trip that America – and specifically Los Angeles – became Mourinho's go-to location for pre-season training camps. He took Chelsea back twice, oversaw visits with Inter Milan and Real Madrid, and in the summer of 2017, brought out Manchester United to the West Coast.

"Here [at UCLA], we have everything," Mourinho told the LA Times that summer. "The facilities are very good. The organization is very good. Since 2004 I am still searching for the first mistake, but the first mistake has never arrived. It's amazing.

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"The players like to come here. This country gives us soccer people a little bit of freedom that we don't have in other places. The players can walk outside, can sit in some place and have a drink together. They can go out shopping. They can have a social life."

The days of Mourinho are, of course, long gone at Chelsea. Yet pre-season visits to the United States remain. And this summer Thomas Tuchel and his players will be flying out to Los Angeles for a