Ethan Ampadu has stated that he’s hoping to catch the eye of Thomas Tuchel during Chelsea’s pre-season tour of America.

‘The campus where we are playing is pretty impressive and hopefully this is the start of a good two weeks for us as a group. Every season is a big season but I’d like to take some of the momentum from last year into this pre-season.

‘Everybody just wants to be on the pitch and thankfully I feel comfortable playing in more than one position. Hopefully I can get onto the pitch this season for Chelsea and help out the side. Wherever Thomas needs me, I’d be happy to play there. I’m more than comfortable playing, whether that’s at centre-back, in midfield or at right wing-back.

‘It’s a big year for me with the World Cup with Wales as well and I think because we’ve qualified for this, on the back off a couple of Euros qualifications, it shows where we are heading as a nation.