Ben Chilwell is set for a return to Chelsea training after failing to secure a transfer away from Stamford Bridge, according to head coach Enzo Maresca.
The England international was told he was surplus to requirements at the west London club, having not played since the their pre-season tour in the summer.
Maresca previously said players on the fringes of Chelsea’s squad “will not get any minutes” if they remained beyond the end of the transfer window. Raheem Sterling was also part of that group, however he completed a loan move to Arsenal on deadline day.
Chilwell failed to secure a move away from Stamford Bridge but Maresca has stated that Chelsea will work to find an answer for the 27-year-old.
“We will sit with him and find solutions,” Maresca said. “He is probably going to be back with us (training). We will see.
“At the moment, he is not training with us. The reason why he (was) training apart, is because the idea was for him to leave.”
Chilwell signed for Chelsea from Leicester City in August 2020 for a fee in the region of £50million. He has gone on to make 106 appearances in all competitions, scoring nine goals.
He starred under Frank Lampard and Thomas Tuchel in 2020-21 as Chelsea won the Champions League before an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury the following November restricted him to just 13 games.
Persistent hamstring issues hampered him in 2022-23 before another in 2023-24 saw him sidelined for much of the first half of the campaign.
He ended last season making just 21 appearances before missing out on a place in England’s squad for the European Championship.
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