Jorginho and Kalidou Koulibaly are in the Chelsea starting XI for this evening’s pre-season friendly against Udinese.

It kicks off at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT) at the Dacia Arena in Udine.

The two squads will also face off tomorrow morning in a game behind closed doors, to give a run-out to those who are not involved tonight.

Thomas Tuchel has included Italy international Jorginho and former Napoli defender Koulibaly in his starting XI.

Timo Werner has been left out due to injury amid transfer links over a loan to Juventus.

Andrea Sottil is the new Udinese coach and he has new signing Enzo Ebosse on the bench just hours after completing the transfer from Angers.

The one to watch is Italy Under-21 international Destiny Udogie, who has been linked with a potential move to Inter.

Udinese: Silvestri; Benkovic, Bijol, Masina; Soppy, Pereyra, Walace, Makengo, Udogie; Success, Deulofeo

Udinese bench: Padelli, Piana, Festy, Lovric, Abankwah, Nuytinck, Perez, Palumbo, Ebosse, Samardzic, Nestorovski, Pussetto, Guessand, Cocetta, Pafundi

Chelsea: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Koulibaly, James; Kante, Jorginho, Alonso, Mount, Havertz, Sterling

Chelsea bench: Arrizabalaga, Emerson, Gilmour, Kenedy, Hudson-Odoi, Vale

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