Chelsea star willing to reduce salary in attempt to join Juventus during January transfer window
Chelsea defender Ben Chilwell is reportedly willing to take a pay cut to join Juventus. The left-back is keen to play regularly and sees a move to Italy as the ideal move in his career.
Chelsea star willing to reduce salary in attempt to join Juventus during January transfer window
According to a report from Tuttosport via Football Italia, Chilwell is in talks with Juventus about a move in January. The Serie A giants are keen to take the Englishman on loan from Chelsea for the remainder of the season.
The report claims that the Blues are willing to waive the loan fee provided Juve pays the left-back's wages. Chilwell is keen on a move to Turin and is willing to take a pay cut for more playing time. Chelsea have decided to make Marc Cucurella their first choice left-back this season, with Renato Veiga as the second option. New boss Enzo Maresca has also decided to try Reece James and Malo Gusto in the left-back position to replace Chilwell. The former Leicester City star was linked with several Premier League clubs in the summer, but the move did not come to fruition.
Enzo Maresca told Ben Chilwell to leave Chelsea:
Enzo Maresca has opened up about his plans at Chelsea and urged Ben Chilwell to leave. He admitted the left-back will struggle for minutes at Stamford Bridge as he is not part of his main squad for this season.
'Chile is with us but he hasn't been training for the last few days because he's been sick. The reason he didn't play against Inter was that, with Chile it's very clear, even though I like his game, the problem is that he's having a bit of trouble finding the right position.''We had 22 players training this morning and if you ask all of them they would say they want to play against City on Sunday. But that's impossible. When you train every day and you don't get any minutes it's not good for them or for me. I need to make a decision and maybe it's better that I go out there and get minutes,' Maresca said.
'Ben is one of those guys who was ready to go, but he's here and he's training with us. He's training well. He's our player. The situation with him was very clear, but now the situation has changed a bit. Game by game we're going to consider whether we're going to use him.'
Ben Chilwell has played just 45 minutes this season - in the second half against Barrow in the League Cup. He was on the bench in one other match - the fourth round defeat to Newcastle United, but did not take the field. Chilwell has not been in the match day squad for any other game this season.
