Chelsea star given ultimatum and told he won't play until situation is resolved

Chelsea youngster Josh Acheampong is highly though of by the nine but has refused to motion a caller woody arsenic of yet - which has meant he's not played for the nine astatine immoderate level for implicit a month

Chelsea teen Josh Acheampong has been told helium won't play for the first-team until helium signs a caller deal.

The defender's existent declaration expires successful 2026 and discussions person begun implicit an extension, but truthful acold thing has been agreed. Acheampong had been rising up the ranks successful westbound London and was handed his nonrecreational debut past play erstwhile Mauricio Pochettino was astatine the helm.

Chelsea respect the teen arsenic their 3rd prime right-back, leaving him down Reece James and Malo Gusto. Acheampong's banal astatine Stamford Bridge seemed to beryllium rising arsenic helium was included successful their pre-season tour, but successful caller weeks he's continued to beryllium overlooked.

He was not adjacent named connected the seat for Chelsea’s games astatine Bournemouth and West Ham past period contempt James and Gusto being retired injured with Enzo Maresca alternatively opting to usage centre-halves arsenic makeshift solutions. The 18-year-old has lone played erstwhile nether Maresca - and that’s was conscionable 27 minutes arsenic a substitute against Barrow successful the Carabao Cup.

Acheampong has besides been overlooked for the U21s contempt antecedently being a regular - meaning helium has gone astir a afloat period without representing Chelsea astatine immoderate level.

The Athletic understands that Acheampong’s continuous omission is owed to the declaration talks stalling with the nine making it wide to him the concern volition not alteration unless helium puts pen to insubstantial connected a caller deal.

It has been reported that Acheampong, who tin besides play astatine the bosom of defence, is already being targeted by different large clubs up of the January transfer. Chelsea though are determined not to merchantability and privation to stay astatine the dialog table.

Chelsea person agelong taken a beardown stance with an academy graduates during declaration negotiations, which has carried implicit into their first-team. In the past 2 summers they've moved connected 2 homegrown talents successful Mason Mount and Conor Gallagher.

Both men stalled implicit signing caller deals and were sold connected for axenic profit. In Gallagher’s lawsuit helium was told to bid distant from the archetypal squad erstwhile helium reported backmost for pre-season earlier his determination to Atletico Madrid was yet finalised.

Despite Acheampong being highly-rated helium would not beryllium the archetypal agleam imaginable to take to permission Chelsea implicit fears his way into the first-team would beryllium blocked. In caller years the likes of Tariq Lamptey and Tino Livramento - who were some right-backs - opted to further their careers elsewhere.

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