Chelsea's Gallagher eyeing transfer solution - Maresca

Chelsea caput coach Enzo Maresca says Conor Gallagher is not training pinch nan main first-team squad and is unavailable to look Manchester City connected Sunday.

The England international, 24, was pictured successful Atletico Madrid's Metropolitano Stadium aft Chelsea accepted a £33m bid from nan Spanish club.

But he has been incapable to complete his move aft a woody for striker Samu Omorodion to spell successful nan other guidance collapsed, leaving Atletico without nan costs to motion nan midfielder.

Chelsea are now trying to motion guardant Joao Felix from nan Spanish nine but Gallagher has been recalled to London and is training successful a abstracted group astatine their Cobham training ground.

When asked astir nan situation, Maresca said: "Conor is backmost and training a spot apart, he is doing immoderate aesculapian tests and training, he won't beryllium progressive successful this game.

"You cognize amended than maine that he is trying to find a solution pinch nan nine and we will spot what happens.

"Hopefully Conor's business finishes pinch nan player, nan nine and each nan group happy."

Maresca was past asked whether it is simply a problem that Chelsea person 43 elder players, pinch BBC Sport knowing Gallagher, Trevoh Chalobah and Romelu Lukaku are being coached by erstwhile goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini.

He explained: "We've been successful America pinch 28 aliases 29 players truthful it has been rather bully managing nan squad, nan different players are training apart.

"I conscionable vanished today's convention and I americium reasoning astir nan adjacent session. If I commencement to deliberation astir 43 players, managing their time, I deliberation it is not worthy it."

Despite a swollen squad Maresca said "hopefully we tin bring immoderate players", pinch Chelsea being linked to some Felix and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.

The Italian besides confirmed Reece James is nan only subordinate unavailable done wounded for nan lucifer astatine Stamford Bridge connected Sunday, pinch nan defender already suspended aft a reddish paper astatine Brighton astatine nan extremity of past season.