CHELSEA DEFENDER BEN CHILWELL 'WANTED BY TWO PREMIER LEAGUE CLUBS' DESPITE OUTCAST BEING OFFERED HOPE AT STAMFORD BRIDGE WITH PREMIER LEAGUE SQUAD INCLUSION

Chilwell was one of 15 players training away from the first team in the summer
He was recently included in Chelsea's Premier League squad in a reprieve
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Two Premier League clubs are interested in signing Chelsea full-back Ben Chilwell, according to reports.

Chelsea wanted to sell Chilwell in the summer but were unable to find the Englishman a club.

He is still training separately to Chelsea's first team but the England international has been given hope of a way back after Enzo Maresca sanctioned his inclusion in the squad submitted by the club to the Premier League on Friday.

Maresca plans to hold a meeting with the 27-year-old to discuss a solution so he does not spend the next four months in the footballing wilderness.

One of the options on the table is allowing him to rejoin the first team until January when they could look for a potential buyer all over again.

And that buyer could be Ipswich or Crystal Palace, according to The Sun.

A source told them that Chilwell remains concerned about the amount no game time he'll receive this season and is open to a move.

The Blues are still believed to be keen to offload him as they continue to struggle with the problems of such a large squad.

Maresca had previously said that those training separately would not be used under him, with Chilwell excluded from the Conference League squad submitted by Chelsea to UEFA last week.

That means he cannot be used in any of the club's next six fixtures in the European competition.

Asked at his Friday press conference about Chilwell ahead of their Saturday trip to Bournemouth, Maresca said: 'Ben is now probably the only one that is still here. We are going to sit with him and find a solution because he is the only one.

'The reason why he is training apart is because the idea was for him to leave but because he didn't find a solution, he is probably going to start to train with us. If we decide that, he is going to be one of the players.'

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