Chelsea ‘bomb squad’ player set for dramatic first-team return after being put up for sale

Enzo Maresca has confirmed a subordinate of the Chelsea ‘bomb squad’, Ben Chilwell, is acceptable for a melodramatic and long-awaited instrumentality to first-team enactment conscionable a fewer weeks aft being enactment up for sale.

Maresca, who took implicit astatine Stamford Bridge successful July, made nary concealed of his tendency to offload England planetary Chilwell during the summertime transportation window.

Chilwell was banished from first-team grooming pursuing the club’s pre-season tour and Maresca admitted successful a property league that the ex-Leicester City prima should permission if helium has aspirations of playing regular shot this season.

Maresca, who won the Championship past play with Leicester, said the aforesaid astir Raheem Sterling but portion helium near Chelsea to join Arsenal connected a season-long indebtedness deal, Chilwell remained astatine Stamford Bridge pursuing the summertime window.

Chilwell is yet to get immoderate minutes this play but Maresca confirmed past week that helium had changed his mind and was consenting to springiness him different alteration to revive his vocation successful westbound London.

And speaking astatine his pre-match property league connected Monday, Maresca confirmed Chilwell would apt diagnostic for Chelsea successful Tuesday’s Carabao Cup third-round clash against League Two broadside Barrow.

‘I deliberation so,’ Maresca said erstwhile asked if Chelsea fans could expect to spot Chilwell successful the hosts’ squad astatine Stamford Bridge. ‘Hopefully we tin springiness him immoderate minutes tomorrow.

‘The thought for him was to leave. In the infinitesimal that he’s here, he’s 1 of the squad, he’s training.

‘He volition beryllium successful the squad time and hopefully we tin springiness him immoderate minutes.’

Maresca was widely criticised for his brutal stance connected respective unwanted Chelsea players towards the extremity of the summertime transportation window.

But the Italian has overseen a promising commencement to the 2024-25 campaign, with Chelsea taking 10 points from a imaginable 12 pursuing an opening-day decision to champions Manchester City.

Maresca intends to rotate his squad for the upcoming cupful clash and has urged his fringe players to marque the astir of the opportunity.

‘They are players that bid each time precise bully but unluckily I cannot springiness them chances,’ Maresca said.

‘All the players that are not getting truthful galore chances, time is simply a bully accidental for them to get minutes and to hopefully triumph a game.’

Chilwell was reportedly offered to Chelsea’s Premier League rivals Manchester United arsenic the Blues worked connected a woody to motion Old Trafford flop Jadon Sancho past month.

Since the summertime model closed, Chilwell – who is down Euro 2024 victor Marc Cucurella successful Maresca’s pecking bid – has been linked with 2 much Premier League clubs.

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