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Ben Chilwell returns early to Chelsea training after Euro 2024 snub

  /  autty

BEN CHILWELL is back in Chelsea training amid England's huge problems at left-back.

The 27-year-old, who has been capped 21 times by the Three Lions, was not chosen by Gareth Southgate for Euro 2024.

Chilwell was snubbed after struggling with injury throughout the season.

He managed just nine starts in the Premier League and last made an appearance for just two minutes back in April.

Chilwell featured in just one of Chelsea's last ten games as an illness and a knee problem kept him in the treatment room.

But the ex-Leicester star is now back in training ahead of a comeback in the new season.

He was spotted at Chelsea's Cobham training base alongside Trevoh Chalobah and new signing Tosin Adarabioyo.

Meanwhile, England are dealing with a crisis on the left-hand side of defence at the Euros.

Kieran Trippier has started all four games there as a makeshift option, while Luke Shaw continues his recovery from a hamstring issue.

In the dramatic 2-1 win over Slovakia, Southgate made radical changes as Bukayo Saka filled in at left-back.

And in the bore draw with Slovenia, Kyle Walker finished the game on the left flank after Trippier was substituted.

But there is hope that Shaw will return for the quarter-final against Switzerland on Saturday.

He was named on the bench for the win over Slovakia and goalkeeper Jordan Pickford revealed after the final whistle: "He was ready to come. But I'm not the manager. He's ready, Luke says he's ready."