Crystal Palace Defender Ben Chilwell was fueled by a dream to play in the World Cup in 2026 under Thomas Tuchel, while earlier this season he only had to deal with them
Ben Chilwell has revealed that his goal to play for England at the World Cup cup led him to train alone when he was frozen in Chelsea. The left back of the on-Loan Crystal Palace wants to rejuvenate its season with the Eangles after he has not made a Premier League team for the blues.
The 28-year-old will stand in line on Saturday for Oliver Glasner against Fulham in the FA Cup quarterfinals. But Chilwell has only made one competitive start – against Millwall in the final round – since he played for England last year.
The defender of £ 45 million won the Champions League with Chelsea from Thomas Tuchel in 2021 and flourished in the system of the German coach. But Chilwell, who strongly disturbed the recent seasons by an injury, was forced to train by the new head coach Enzo Maresca from the team of the first team before he came to Palace in January.
After only making two matchday quadrons for Carabao Cup onions against Barrow and Newcastle, Chilwell was left to Wijnen. The former Leicester star found a lonely training environment away from the schedule of more beneficiary teammates.
And Chilwell said: “For so many months in Chelsea, between the start of the season and January, I trained many of the days myself. You are not involved in the MatchDay squadrons and you just wait for the possibility for the possibility for when you go somewhere.”
Chilwell missed the last two major tournaments of England because of an injury and did not play a minute under Gareth Southgate on Euro 2020. But Tuchel gave a debut to Arsenal Teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly in the recent World Cup qualifications due to the shortage of left-wing backlars.
Aspirartions from an international comeback among his old manager, prior to next year's World Cup, Chilwell helped to continue fire to continue. The tournament, to be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, has offered him a long -term objective to strive for.
Chilwell said to ITV Sport: “It is a much longer -term goal, but the World Cup. I missed the last World Cup and the euros with an injury, so this world cup is certainly in my mind … That was certainly something in the past four or five months in Chelsea who was a different motivation to continue.”
Speaking after the Millwall game, Chilwell said: “I want to come back to show everyone that I was left a top of world class, left wing back. I have the feeling that I have to prove things.
“Everyone has an ego in football and I am not going to shun it. I want to show everyone that I am as good as what I was when I won the Champions League.”
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