Blues to get even better - Kenyon

Kenyon has high expectations for the coming season

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon has warned the club's rivals the Blues will be even better this season and he fully expects them to retain the title.

"Chelsea will be better than they were last season - I am absolutely confident of that," he told Chelsea TV.

"The winner of the Premier League will come from a small bunch of one.

"It would put us onto another level, because we will be one of the few clubs which have done it. It would be a quantum leap - and I fully expect it."

Jose Mourinho's first season in charge saw Chelsea win their first title in 50 years, as well as the Carling Cup, and they also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The signing of Spanish international defender Asier del Horno and England's Shaun Wright-Phillips shows they are keen to build upon this season's success.

"We have got a squad which is more together, we have brought two or three players and have brought back one of the best strikers in the world," he added.

"I am absolutely confident in 12 months' time we will be saying there is another quantum shift in Chelsea football club."