Oliver Glasner fires warning at Ben Chilwell ahead of Crystal Palace debut

Chelsea indebtedness prima Ben Chilwell has been warned helium is acold from a guaranteed starter astatine Crystal Palace arsenic helium looks to revive his career.

Chilwell has yet ended his Chelsea exile aft securing a loan transportation to Selhurst Park connected deadline day.

The Eagles are paying little than fractional of the 28-year-old’s £200,000-a-week wages and determination is nary enactment to marque the transportation imperishable included successful the deal.

After struggling with wounded and past being banished from the Blues first-team by Enzo Maresca, the left-back is hoping this determination tin turnaround his fortunes as helium looks to interruption backmost into the England squad.

Palace manager Oliver Glasner says Chilwell could marque his debut successful the FA Cup clash astatine Doncaster Rovers connected Monday nighttime but has besides warned his caller signing that helium volition not simply locomotion into the starting XI.

‘When we were looking for players connected the market, Ben was ever 1 of our apical targets,’ the Austrian said successful his pre-match property conference.

‘He is Premier League experienced and it was besides astir who tin assistance america immediately, due to the fact that we person lone three-and-a-half months, past it is the extremity of the season.

‘He played wing-back nether Thomas Tuchel erstwhile they won the Champions League, helium tin play successful a backmost four, truthful galore aspects worked for him.

‘It tin beryllium a large accidental for him. He has to vie with Tyrick Mitchell due to the fact that helium has had an fantabulous play for us, precise accordant connected a precise precocious level.

‘But helium is doing truly good successful training. He is fit. Unfortunately, helium couldn’t instrumentality portion successful Chelsea’s squad grooming successful January. Team grooming is simply a small spot different, truthful we person to springiness him immoderate days and possibly weeks, but the program is helium volition get minutes astatine Doncaster.’

Mitchell has performed good for Palace this season, with Paul Merson antecedently stating that Chilwell volition find it hard to displace his chap English left-back in the side.

It is not inconceivable that the brace could play unneurotic however, with Glasner confirming that Chilwell oregon Mitchell could beryllium deployed successful cardinal defence with Palace abbreviated successful that area.

In the past fewer weeks alone, Chelsea recalled Trevoh Chalobah, Rob Holding departed connected indebtedness and Chadi Riad suffered a season-ending injury, leaving the Eagles with conscionable 3 elder centre-backs successful the squad – acold from perfect erstwhile Glasner plays with a back-three.

‘We looked astatine the centre-back marketplace but we were not 100 per cent convinced by the disposable targets,’ the manager added.

‘We person 3 centre-halves. Nathaniel Clyne tin play, we person Jeff Lerma who tin play this position. Maybe Ben and T tin play this arsenic well.’

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