Journalist Bobby Vincent claims that Chelsea still intends to loan Anselmino to another team even though Colwill is not available.
“Earlier in the summer, Chelsea was considering loaning Anselmino to Strasbourg, but there are three Blues players there now,” Vincent revealed in a Q&A for football. london. Despite Levi Colwill’s injury, there has been no indication that their intention to loan him out has changed in any way.
He is behind Josh Acheampong, Tosin Adarabioyo, Trevoh Chalobah, and Wesley Fofana. After missing Chelsea’s 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace, Adarabioyo might return shortly, which would lessen the severity of Colwill’s injury.
In 2024, Chelsea paid £15 million to acquire Anselmino from Boca Juniors. However, the Argentine has only played for the Blues once, at the Club World Cup.
Maresca, who preferred Chelsea’s other central defenders over him, made a brief appearance against Benfica in the round of 16.
Twenty-year-old Anselmino has not yet played in Europe. In other words, there is no indication that he is prepared to face the Premier League’s best strikers, including Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah, Bukayo Saka, and others.
Once more, Maresca has other center-halves with far more experience than the former Boca player, even though Colwill might be injured.
All things considered, Anselmino would likely benefit more from a loan transfer than from being thrown into the deep end and asked to replace Colwill.
Due to a string of injuries since joining Stamford Bridge, Fofana was not included in the squad for the Conference League or Club World Cup, two tournaments that the Blues won.
This will no doubt have been a source of frustration for the defender, who has been pushing hard to return to full fitness in time for the start of the 2025/26 season.
Josh Acheampong’s performance in the Premier League opener against Crystal Palace was impressive, and Fofana was forced to watch from the sidelines after being placed on the bench.
Chelsea fans were quick to react to the defender’s social media antics, and did not offer a glowing review of a player who has been so unavailable due to injury.
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