Premier League
Transfer: Maresca Drops Chelsea Defender For Pre-season Tour
Enzo Maresca, the manager of Chelsea, has decided to exclude Trevoh Chalobah from his team for the upcoming US pre-season tour.
Maresca has indicated that Chalobah is no longer required at Stamford Bridge.
Despite participating in the pre-season training at Cobham this month, Chalobah is now anticipated to pursue a permanent transfer this summer.
Maresca views Wesley Fofana, Axel Disasi, and the recently acquired Tosin Adarabioyo as offering quality and depth to the squad as right-sided centre-backs.
He intends to utilize the pre-season period to further evaluate highly-rated Cobham prospect Josh Acheampong as a potential right-back replacement for both the club captain Reece James and Malo Gusto.
Chalobah had previously rejected a £25 million transfer offer from Nottingham Forest on the last day of the summer transfer window in the previous year.
See Chelsea Pre-Season Fixtures Below:
Chelsea vs Wrexham – Wed, Jul 24
10:30 pm ET (3:30 am BST) Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara
Chelsea vs Celtic – Sat, Jul 27
4 pm ET (9 pm BST) Notre Dame Stadium, Indiana
Chelsea vs Club America – Wed, Jul 31
7:30 pm ET (00:30 am BST) Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
Chelsea vs Man City – Sat, Aug 3
5:30 pm ET (10:30 pm BST) Ohio Stadium, Columbus
Chelsea vs Real Madrid – Tue, Aug 6
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7 pm ET (00:00 am BST) Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte
Chelsea vs Inter – Sun, Aug 11
3 pm BST (10 am ET) Stamford Bridge, London
