Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has been forced to bring one of the club's star players back into the fold after being exiled.
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has suggested that Ben Chilwell, who was exiled from first-team training, may be reintegrated into the team.
Chilwell was pushed out by the Blues in an attempt to facilitate a summer transfer, but a move never materialized, leaving him still on the club's roster.
Maresca has now indicated that Chilwell's continued presence means he'll have to be brought back into the fold.
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"Ben [Chilwell] is still here, so we'll sit with him and find a solution," Maresca said.
"At the moment, he's not training with us. The reason he's training apart is that the idea was for him to leave, but since we didn't find a solution, he's probably going to start training with us – we need to decide that. If we decide that, he'll be one of our players."
Maresca seems open to the prospect of working with Chilwell, even going so far as to praise the defender's current state. "I think he's good. I saw him this morning – he's OK."