Chelsea are dealing with a switch dilemma after outcast Ben Chilwell reportedly refused to take a pay lower to assist a potential January exit.
Blues head coach Enzo Maresca desires to eliminate the 28-year-old left-back this month however the membership are very a lot struggling to dump him.
With the January switch window now open, Chelsea had been hoping that Chilwell would take a pay lower on his £190k-a-week wages to assist with a possible sale.
However in line with The Solar, Chilwell is unwilling to conform to a pay lower in a giant switch blow for the west Londoners.
Chilwell’s stance means Chelsea could find yourself having handy the English star an enormous severance deal – or closely subsidise a mortgage to a different membership.
Maresca advised Chilwell final summer season that he was surplus to necessities, and he has performed simply 45 minutes of soccer to this point this marketing campaign, which got here within the 5-0 Carabao Cup win over Barrow AFC in September.
Talking final month, Maresca admitted that he anticipated Chilwell to ask for a January exit given his lack of enjoying time at Stamford Bridge.
‘There are gamers that sadly didn’t play quite a bit with us in all of the competitions like Chilwell, like Carney,’ the Chelsea boss stated.
‘In all probability they’re the primary [to say] that they need to go away as a result of they prepare day-after-day, as a result of they need to play video games.’
Chilwell wasn’t even registered for Chelsea’s Convention League squad this time period, the place Maresca has primarily been fielding a B aspect to this point.
Beneath contract till the summer season of 2027, Chelsea signed Chilwell from Leicester Metropolis in a £50m deal in August 2020.
He has performed a complete of 107 video games for the Blues up to now, registering 12 assists and 9 objectives.
Chilwell helped Chelsea clinch the Champions League trophy in 2021 underneath former boss Thomas Tuchel.
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