Ben Chilwell is closing in on a move to Crystal Palace as he bids to end his nightmare at .

The left-back arrived at the Blues from in 2020, . But a series of injuries and seen him lose his place in the England squad.

Enzo Maresca's arrival at Chelsea boss , with Chilwell's sole appearance this season coming a 45-minute cameo against Barrow in the Carabao Cup. The only other time he was in a matchday squad was in the defeat to in the same competition.

Otherwise he has been ignored altogether and was even left out of the squad submitted to UEFA for the Europa Conference League. Maresca revealed in January that he was pushing for Chilwell to leave Stamford Bridge.

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That now finally looks set to happen, with multiple sources detailing that Palace are pushing to bring him in on loan. Chelsea chiefs have given their approval for the deal, with the final details now being thrashed out before Monday's deadline.

Palace boss has identified the 28-year-old has a prime target as he looks to bring in more depth at left-back. Tyrick Mitchell is currently the only natural player for that position in Palace's squad.

Maresca delivered a brutal assessment of Chilwell's future at the start of January. He said "Because players want to play more so there is probably chances for them to leave. But Ben has been top. I have to say that, he has been top.

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"Very professional, works hard. I feel shame because of that situation but in terms of behaviour, he has been very good. First of all because it is my choice. And because I can see Malo Gusto, or Marc Cucurella doing different kind of jobs during the game.

"I think Chilwell is a top full-back, doing that up and down and given opportunity in past to win titles and be in the national team. But I struggle to see Ben doing different kind of things."

Chilwell's arrival will delight Glasner, who saw Chelsea recall Trevoh Chalobah earlier in the window. Ahead of this weekend's clash with , the Austrian hinted his side would be busy in the closing days of the window.

“We planned two signings," he said. “We have one, with Romain Esse, and we are still working on the second one. Monday the window closes, and I am pretty confident that we will get this deal done.

“It started this week that we said we have to look [in defence] because in the centre we have five positions and we have just three [players] at the moment. We are looking. If there is a good opportunity, we will try to do it. If not, we trust in all our players like we always do. Let’s say ideally two signings, but at least one.”

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