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Sportfive sets up Chelsea pre-season matches in Germany

Premier League club Chelsea will play Bundesliga sides Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburger SV in August, matches promoted by The Sports Promoters (TSP), a subsidiary of the Sportfive agency.

“We are delighted to announce our agreement with Sportfive who will be arranging a major part of our pre-season activity,” said Ron Gourlay, chief executive of Chelsea.

Philipp Hasenbein, chief executive of Sportfive Germany, explained the role of TSP:“Our subsidiary TSP specialises in the development, execution and organisation of sporting events and will be organising the visit to Germany.”

Tickets are available on the websites of the German clubs, and the matches will be shown exclusively live on Chelsea TV, the club television channel.