Chelsea are reportedly open to offers for defender Trevoh Chalobah amid interest from Inter Milan.
The 24-year-old has blossomed into an important part of the Blues' first team over the past couple of years and made 33 appearances for the West London giants last term.
Chalobah made his breakthrough into the Chelsea senior team during the 2021-22 season following loan spells with Ipswich, Huddersfield Town and Lorient, and he boasts four goals and one assist from 63 matches in a Blues jersey.
The versatile defender played centrally and as a right-back for Chelsea last term and started 18 Premier League games, but the Blues could only muster a disappointing 12th-placed finish.
It remains to be seen if Chalobah can prove his worth to new head coach Mauricio Pochettino, but according to the Evening Standard, Chelsea will sell him for the right price.
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Despite the exits of Cesar Azpilicueta and Kalidou Koulibaly, Chalobah is still understood to be far down the list when it comes to the central defensive pecking order.
All of Thiago Silva, Benoit Badiashile and Wesley Fofana are above Chalobah in the centre-back standings, while Levi Colwill is also understood to have leapfrogged his compatriot after his stellar loan spell with Brighton & Hove Albion.
The report adds that Pochettino is only willing to work with up to four centre-backs next term, as the Argentine is set to switch to a four-man backline for his debut campaign.
With Colwill, Silva, Badiashile and Fofana jostling for position, Chalobah could quickly become ostracised from the group, and Chelsea will therefore listen to appropriate bids for the former England Under-21 international.
Despite his intentions to fight for his spot under Pochettino, Chalobah would also accept a move away for the right price, as the centre-back aims to make his England debut before Euro 2024 and is therefore pining for regular football in the 2023-24 campaign.
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Inter are believed to be the frontrunners to sign the £25m-rated Chalobah this summer, and the 24-year-old could arrive at San Siro as a replacement for Milan Skriniar, who has joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer.
However, the Nerazzurri have managed to agree new contracts with Stefan de Vrij and Alessandro Bastoni, while also signing Francesco Acerbi on a permanent deal from Lazio.
Nevertheless, Inter are expected to face competition for the signature of Chalobah, who signed a new long-term deal at Stamford Bridge until 2028 back in November.
As well as Chalobah, fellow centre-backs Ethan Ampadu and Malang Sarr could also head for the Stamford Bridge exit door, and the latter is believed to be attracting interest from sister club Strasbourg, who were taken over by BlueCo last month.
Ben Knapton
