Man United and Chelsea face Wrexham, Arsenal meet Barcelona - huge pre-season starts now

Fans are just weeks away from the start of a fresh campaign and pre-season fixtures offer current and new players the chance to impress their managers for the forthcoming term.

Chelsea in particular will have a point to prove under new boss Mauricio Pochettino after their 12th place finish last season.

Manchester United will be keen to further improve under Erik ten Hag, and Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal will eye another Premier League title challenge.

Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham make up the rest of the ‘big six’ also gunning for success as talkSPORT looks at what pre-season has to offer for the Premier League.

Mateo Kovacic is treble winners City’s only signing so far but Pep Guardiola’s side will be full of confidence though as they travel to Asia for their pre-season fixtures.

They face Yokohama F Marinos and Bayern Munich in Japan, with Atletico Madrid their opponents in South Korea before the Community Shield in August against Arsenal.

The Gunners, who finished 2nd last season, have five fixtures lined up for the summer, with FC Nurnberg their first opponents on Thursday.

Arteta and co. then travel to the USA to face the MLS All-Stars, United and Barcelona before returning to north London to play Monaco.

The Community Shield will be their final test as Jurrien Timber and Declan Rice look set to join Kai Havertz as their other new arrivals.

After a solid first season under Ten Hag, United are set for a busy summer as they prepare to play seven matches in the coming weeks.Mason Mount is set to be joined by Andre Onana as a new signing at the club, who could also bring in a fresh option at striker.

Wednesday sees them face rivals Leeds ahead of a test against Lyon, with Arsenal, Wrexham, Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund their four opponents in America before facing Athletic Bilbao in Dublin.Chelsea will also travel to the USA for pre-season as Pochettino continues to oversee a busy summer of outgoings.

Like United, they will face Wrexham and Dortmund, as well as Brighton, Newcastle and Fulham in the Premier League Summer Series Tour.

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has not asked for assurances over Harry Kane’s future, but West Ham could be his final opposition for the club next Tuesday.

Relegated Leicester are their second opponents before Roma but even though that fixture is currently in doubt, new opponents could be set to replace them.