KALAS COUNTED IN 
Prior to the players travelling out to Asia, Tomas Kalas was one of three who had been away on loan last season that Jose Mourinho confirmed would be part of his squad for the campaign ahead.
The others were Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne and the manager started all three in the opening pre-season game on Wednesday in Thailand.
Kalas and Lukaku, like most of the initial line-up, were withdrawn at half-time while De Bruyne played on longer, but for the Czech defender his 45 minutes are a sign of exciting times.
Signed by Chelsea in January 2011, Kalas began his two-year loan at Vitesse Arnhem in the summer that followed and was then an Under-19 international who had played a handful of first team games in the Czech league and similar amounts for Chelsea's youth and reserve teams.
'I think I have more quality on the ball now,' he tells the official Chelsea website as he considers his development since.
'The Eredivisie (the Dutch top flight) is known for football quality and there I learnt a lot, especially in the second year when I was playing right-back because in that position you need more technical skills, but both years were quite successful, I was playing all the games and as player of my age that was the most important thing.'
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