Willian and Filipe Luis celebrate birthdays in flight as Chelsea travel to Hungary for pre-season friendly with Ferencvaros

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Willian and Felipe Luis celebrate their birthdays on the same day
Chelsea pair were on board a flight for pre-season game in Hungary
The Blues will play Ferencvaros in Budapest on Sunday 10 August
Cesc Fabregas and Man City's Fernandinho also sent birthday messages
Chelsea begin Premier League campaign against Burnley on 18 August

Published: 06:57 EST, 9 August 2014 | Updated: 08:07 EST, 9 August 2014

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Chelsea stars Willian and Filipe Luis celebrated their birthdays on board an airplane as the club jetted to Hungary as part of their pre-season preparations.

In a gesture that would no doubt be appreciated by Yaya Toure, the Blues posted happy birthday messages accompanied by pictures of the pair on their Twitter account.

Other players also joined in the celebrations with Cesc Fabregas posting a birthday selfie with Luis and Diego Costa, while Willian's Brazil teammate Fernandinho sent a Facebook picture of the pair with the message: 'Happy birthday brow (sic),God bless you on this special day...health, happiness and much peace to your life.'

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Birthday boys: Felipe Luis (L) and Willian celebrate their birthdays on the same day

Strike a pose: Cesc Fabregas posted a birthday selfie with Luis and Diego Costa (L) in the background

Diego Costa scores his first goal for Chelsea in pre-season...

Hair raising: The Brazilian forward is all smiles as Chelsea jet out to Hungary for a pre-season friendly

Touchdown: Felipe Luis leaves the plane ahead of Chelsea's game against Ferencvaros

Fabregas, Luis and Costa singing in Chelsea initiations

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Willian, 26, and new signing Luis, 29, are part of the squad travelling to face Ferencvaros in Budapest on Sunday before returning to Stamford Bridge for a final pre-sesaon game against Real Sociedad.

Jose Mourinho's side had mixed success in their last pre-season outing - an Istanbul tournament in memory of the Soma mining disaster - where they beat Fenerbahce before losing late on to Besiktas in two 45-minute matches.

Costa started both games and the £32million hitman scored a brilliant goal against Fenerbahce, beating four defenders to open the scoring before Branislav Ivanovic added a second.

A defeat to Besiktas through Ersan Gulum's late goal denied them the title though as Besiktas came out on top.

Boys from Brazil: Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho (L) sent Willian a birthday message

Up in the air: Winger Mohamed Salah (R) posted a selfie with Andreas Christensen from the plane

Run out: Willian was part of the Chelsea team that lost to Besiktas in Istanbul

Friends reunited: Eden Hazard (L) poses with former Chelsea striker Demba Ba after the game

World Cup returners Andre Schurrle, Oscar, Willian and Ramires all made their first appearances of pre season as Mourinho's side went back to winning ways after a 3-0 defeat at Werder Bremen.

Chelsea begin their Premier League campaign with an away fixture against Burnley on Monday 18 August.

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