Chelsea boss Frank Lampard insists his players will be ready and raring to go when the season kicks off on September 12.
The Blues' marathon season finished on Saturday when they went out of the Champions League with a 4-1 defeat - 7-1 on aggregate - to Bayern Munich.
Their players will have less than two weeks off before they return for pre-season, but Lampard said: “We will be ready to go come September 12 or whenever they give us our first League date.
“The lads need a break, they deserve a break. They know the plan. It has been [a] long [season] for everybody, but it has been longer for us.
"It has been the longest season ever, so it is important they have a break and we will be firing."
