{"id":3291,"date":"2024-08-22T10:43:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T10:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2024-08-22T10:43:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T10:43:16","slug":"ben-chilwell-injury-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ben-chilwell-injury-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Exile Ben Chilwell Has Cost the Club Over \u00a310m in Wages During 10 Separate Injury Spells"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last season’s vice-captain Ben Chilwell is among the high-profile names to be cast out by new manager Enzo Maresca, who is tasked with trimming Chelsea’s bulging squad.<\/strong><\/p>\n Both Ben Chilwell and Raheem Sterling<\/a> were axed from Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2024 England squad over the summer, and it now appears their respective places among the Chelsea<\/a> squad are all but lost.<\/p>\n Enzo Maresca has taken a hardline approach to axing names from his matchday squad. With Chelsea’s unprecedented approach to transfers seeing them assemble one of the largest squads ever seen in the Premier League<\/a>, the Italian has had to contend with hounding press rooms questioning how he will attempt to incorporate everyone.<\/p>\n \u201cI am not working with 42 players…I am working with 21 players.<\/p>\n “Today\u2019s session was with 20 players, yesterday was 21. The other 15-20 are training apart. I don\u2019t see them. It is not a mess that it looks from outside.”<\/p>\n Those were the words of Maresca on Wednesday, who sent a strong retort back in the direction of critics lapping up the turmoil surrounding Stamford Bridge. The press conference also marked a rather bleak chapter in the careers of some of Chelsea’s more senior players, who have been publicly cast out by the manager.<\/p>\n Ben Chilwell – along with Raheem Sterling – has been told to leave the club or “struggle” at Chelsea in a ruthless, but no doubt necessary resolution.<\/p>\n The pace of change in football simply can not be understated; this is a player who began last season as the club’s vice-captain with aspirations of a strong, injury-free campaign.<\/p>\n His problematic history on the medical table has persistently de-railed a once promising career. Although there is still plenty of time to build momentum and return to a level we have witnessed in the past, the 27-year-old will be forced to do so elsewhere.<\/p>\n For now, the 21-cap England international is training away from Maresca’s matchday core as the club seek a resolution before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n “Brutal? I don’t think so, I just try to be honest.”<\/p>\n \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Enzo Maresca on his decision to omit Raheem Sterling and Ben Chilwell from Chelsea’s first-team squad \u274c pic.twitter.com\/JVmhxHHApo<\/a><\/p>\nBen Chilwell Training Separately From the Matchday Squad<\/h2>\n
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