Chelsea have activated their option to recall defender Trevoh Chalobah from his loan at Crystal Palace, according to Daily Mail.
The 25-year-old had joined the Eagles on a season long loan and has made 14 appearances for the club so far this campaign.
Chalobah will not be available for Crystal Palace’s Premier League clash against Leicester City on Wednesday evening.
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca had been asked about the possibility of recalling Chalobah earlier this month, but gave no indication as to whether the Blues would exercise their option.
“I said already last press conference, he is a Palace player and I think it is a lack of respect,’ Maresca said.
“The reason why I think all the managers always say the same is because he is a Palace player.
“If I start to talk about Trev, it’s not respect for [Oliver] Glasner, if Oliver starts to talk about our players then it is probably not good for me.
“He is a Palace player. He was here with us working in pre-season very well and then he left. Now he is a Palace player.”
The recall marks a remarkable turnaround, with Chalobah having been left out of Chelsea’s pre-season tour in the United States.
The academy graduate feared he was being forced out of the club, with the Blues preferring Wesley Fofana, Axel Disasi, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile and Levi Colwill.
Marseca, speaking in the summer, claimed it was a ‘sad decision’ to leave Chalobah out of their pre-season squad.
“First of all, from my point of view, it’s always sad to leave players out, that can be out of a pre-season, or can be out of the squad or out of the first eleven because in the end they all work for the same target, that is to be part of the same team,’ Maresca said in July.
“The Trevoh situation for me is quite clear, we have Axel there, we have Tosin Adarabioyo there, we have Wes Fofana who in these two weeks has worked very good and is finally back, we have some very young profiles like Josh Acheampong who is doing fantastic.
“It’s a sad decision but we have to take the decision.”
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