Chelsea start their Champions League marketing campaign on Wednesday, and captain Reece James believes they will afford to dream large.
The Blues go to Bayern Munich of their first sport of the league section, with Chelsea set to play within the Champions League for the primary time because the 2022-23 season.
Chelsea have made an unbeaten begin to the brand new Premier League marketing campaign, taking eight factors from the primary 4 video games.
And, regardless of conceding a 93rd-minute equaliser against Brentford on Saturday, James is optimistic over Chelsea’s hopes of including the European crown to their Membership World Cup title.
“The Champions League is the place the membership belongs,” James advised Chelsea’s official web site.
“We’re comfortable to be again taking part in in opposition to the perfect groups and competing in the perfect competitions, as a result of we haven’t been on this one for the final two seasons.
“Captaining Chelsea was all the time one thing I dreamt of, particularly within the Champions League. Having been right here some time now, and seeing the change and the way we’ve needed to adapt, we’re in a very good place.
“We completed final season tremendous robust and I hope this season we will construct on that. I don’t have a look at what different folks say; we will obtain something so long as we perceive and imagine.
“We all know we will go far with the staff we’ve got. That’s all that issues.”
On the check posed by Bayern, James added: “They’re all the time tremendous robust. They’re a European big, they usually have gained the competitors earlier than and know what it takes. So, it is going to be an excellent powerful sport.”
