CHELSEA want Ben Chilwell to go out on loan, with Turkey the only realistic option for the England international defender.
Chilwell, 27, has been frozen out by new Blues head coach Enzo Maresca and faces four months without playing competitive first-team football if he doesn’t find a club.
The transfer window in Turkey is open until September 18. Chilwell reportedly earns around £200,000 per week as he trains with the ‘bomb squad’, those players who have been told by Maresca they are not in his plans.
Other members of that group managed to secure moves away on deadline day. Raheem Sterling joined Arsenal, Trevoh Chabolah went to Crystal Palace and Armando Broja to Everton, all loan deals.
Chilwell was linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League in the summer but nothing materialised.
Meanwhile, Chilwell’s Chelsea team-mate Cole Palmer has pulled out of Lee Carsley’s England squad with an injury.
Palmer and Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins initially joined the squad at St George’s Park but the the Football Association said they had returned to their clubs “to continue their rehabilitation from ongoing issues”.
England play Ireland in Dublin on Saturday and Finland at home the following Tuesday in Group 2 of the Nations League in interim boss Carsley’s first matches in charge after he replaced Gareth Southgate following Euro 2024.
