{"id":56522,"date":"2025-08-04T00:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T00:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/56522\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T00:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T00:27:22","slug":"chelsea-could-offload-excellent-defender-as-early-as-next-week-with-multiple-clubs-keen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/56522\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea could offload ‘excellent’ defender as early as next week with multiple clubs keen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chelsea have a few defenders who are set to leave Stamford Bridge this summer.<\/p>\n

For example, Ben Chilwell, Axel Disasi and Alfie Gilchrist<\/a> could all depart Chelsea<\/a> before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n

Chilwell has been the subject of a Burnley enquiry<\/a>, while Disasi is attracting interest from Newcastle United<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for Gilchrist, he could also leave Chelsea for another English club, though it is likely to be one from the Championship.<\/p>\n

\"AlfiePhoto by George Wood\/Getty ImagesChelsea could offload Alfie Gilchrist next week<\/p>\n

Some Chelsea fans do not want to see Gilchrist depart<\/a>, but that now looks like an inevitability.<\/p>\n

Journalist Ben Jacobs has claimed on X<\/a> that movement on a Gilchrist exit next week is possible, meaning that the defender could be at a Championship club before the start of the new Championship season.<\/p>\n

According to Jacobs, multiple teams from the division are \u201ckeen\u201d on Gilchrist, who spent last season on loan at Sheffield United.<\/p>\n

Alfie Gilchrist\u2019s Sheffield United recordAppearancesGoalsAssistsYellow cardsRed CardsChampionship300250FA Cup10000Carabao Cup10000Total320250<\/p>\n

Before then, the 21-year-old did spend some time in Chelsea\u2019s first team<\/a>, where he managed to impress.<\/p>\n

When former Blue Andy Townsend spoke about Gilchrist<\/a> before his move to United, he said: \u201cA young player there that was starting to make ground last season. I was really impressed with him when I watched him. I thought he was excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coming through Chelsea\u2019s academy<\/a>, it is no surprise that some supporters are against the idea of selling him.<\/p>\n

But with Enzo Maresca<\/a> having plenty of options in central defence and at right-back, there is no room for the Englishman.<\/p>\n

\"AlfiePhoto by Darren Walsh\/Chelsea FC via Getty ImagesFour English clubs keen on Alfie Gilchrist<\/p>\n

Gilchrist will at least have several clubs to choose from ahead of his impending departure.<\/p>\n

At least four Championship sides are said to want Gilchrist<\/a>: Derby County, Watford, Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers.<\/p>\n

The former United loanee may want to test himself properly in the Premier League<\/a>, but he may have to wait until the 2026\/27 season to do that. As of now, he does not appear to be attracting any significant interest from a top-flight outfit.<\/p>\n

That is good news for the likes of Middlesbrough and Watford as they continue to target the Chelsea academy product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have a few defenders who are set to leave Stamford Bridge this summer. For example, Ben Chilwell,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[12552,403,99],"class_list":["post-56522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-alfie-gilchrist","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}