Highly rated set-piece coach Austin MacPhee has joined Chelsea's pre-season tour in Hong Kong after moving from Aston Villa. The Scottish coach, 46, joins for an undisclosed release-clause fee in his contract amid competition from other Premier League and Saudi Pro League teams. MacPhee helped Villa score more goals from set-pieces than any other team in Europe's top five leagues during the 2023-24 season. They followed that by ranking among the top five a season later and finished joint-top with Arsenal in the Premier League last season. Chelsea signed Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa for £117m this week, with Alejandro Garnacho moving in the other direction on an initial loan that will likely become permanent through an option to buy.