Paul Merson concerned for Chelsea star Ben Chilwell ahead of Crystal Palace loan

Ben Chilwell is acceptable to articulation Crystal Palace connected indebtedness and yet extremity his Chelsea nightmare – but Paul Merson has 1 interest implicit the transfer.

The left-back has played conscionable 45 minutes of shot this play – arsenic a sub successful a Carabao Cup lucifer – aft being exiled from Chelsea’s first-team by Enzo Maresca.

Part of the infamous ‘bomb squad’, Chilwell was incapable to unafraid a transportation past summer, but volition present determination to Selhurst Park connected deadline day.

He’ll motion connected indebtedness until the extremity of the season, with Palace to screen little than fractional of his £200,000-a-week wages.

The determination seems to suit each parties, with the defender keen for crippled clip arsenic helium looks to combat his mode backmost into the England team, present managed by his erstwhile Blues brag Thomas Tuchel.

However, erstwhile Arsenal and Three Lions prima Merson is disquieted that they whitethorn beryllium nary spot for the 28-year-old successful Palace’s existent starting XI.

‘I similar Chilwell. He’s a bully player, hasn’t played a lot,’ Merson, a lifelong Chelsea fan, told Sky Sports.

‘But [Tyrick] Mitchell’s done thing wrong, has he? And the different lad connected the different broadside [Daniel Munoz] has been perfectly outstanding arsenic well.

‘But I similar him. I similar the mode he’s acted astatine Chelsea. He’s enactment his caput down, helium hasn’t thrown his toys retired the pram. A due player.

‘He needs to play football. He’s staying successful London, I deliberation this is an accidental that ticks each the boxes.

‘But I’d beryllium disappointed if I were Mitchell. I deliberation Mitchell’s done each close this season.’

Mitchell is – and has been for immoderate clip – the lone elder left-back astatine Palace and has enjoyed a bully run truthful far, putting successful different beardown show connected Sunday arsenic the Eagles won 2-0 astatine Manchester United.

There has been proposition that Chilwell could really diagnostic astatine centre-back for Oliver Glasner’s broadside pursuing Chadi Riad’s play ending wounded and Trevoh Chalobah’s callback to Chelsea.

Asked astir this possibility, Merson added: ‘Yeah maybe… unless this is simply a domino effect and they cognize Marc Guehi’s going to spell and past helium tin play successful a back-three. That mightiness beryllium the case.’

It was revealed connected deadline that Palace had rejected a £70million connection from Tottenham for skipper Guehi, who seems destined for a summertime transportation with his declaration up successful 18 months’ time.

For now, the 24-year-old volition stay successful southbound London and could play alongside Chilwell adjacent Monday successful the FA Cup clash astatine Doncaster Rovers.

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