""What a story it would be if I went to the World Cup after I was in the [Chelsea] bomb squad and everyone had counted me out 12 months prior," Chilwell told BBC. "It would just be the biggest middle finger to so many people, which to me is a motivation. "Chelsea were honest with me and there's no resentment, but of course I've got an ego, so it would be a nice feeling to prove some people wrong.""
"Chilwell's last England cap, his 21st in total, was in 2024 yet he has new hope of boarding the plane to North America next summer. The left-back won the Champions League with Chelsea under Tuchel's leadership in 2021. But injury problems set in. Chilwell tore his cruciate ligament at the end of 2021, then missed the 2022 World Cup with a hamstring injury."
Thomas Tuchel has left the door open for Ben Chilwell's England recall ahead of the World Cup in North America. Chilwell's last England cap was his 21st in 2024, and he hopes to make the squad next summer. The left-back won the 2021 Champions League with Chelsea under Tuchel but then suffered a torn cruciate ligament at the end of 2021 and missed the 2022 World Cup with a hamstring injury. Chilwell lost his Chelsea place under Enzo Maresca and trained with a group of exiled players before securing a loan to Strasbourg. Chilwell has been injury-free for two seasons and is thriving under Liam Rosenior, and conversations since Tuchel's appointment at England have left a recall described as not out of the equation.
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