Hello and welcome to football.london for live coverage of Enzo Maresca's pre-match press conference.
Chelsea are about to partake in a 7000-mile round trip to Kazakhstan to take on Astana in the fifth match of their UEFA Conference League league phase. The Blues have the maximum amount of points available to them thus far thanks to wins over Gent, Panathinaikos, FC Noah and Heidenheim in the first four matches.
The west Londoners sit top of the Conference League table coming into matchday five and because of their dominant position, the club are expected to take a host of academy players on the mammoth trip to give them first-team experience, as well as rest some of the senior stars.
Maresca is set to be asked about that, and much more, in this morning's press conference at Cobham just before they fly to Kazakhstan. The presser is due to start at 8:30am GMT, and you can read every word the head coach has to say right here with Bobby Vincent keeping you updated.