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Colwill wants talks with Mauricio Pochettino over his status at Chelsea
before he considers discussing a new contract.
Chelsea have insisted the player is not for sale this summer after a fine
season on loan at Brighton and they want to approach him about discussing a
new deal.
However, the England U21 wishes to understand where he fits into
Pochettino's plans this season and how much regular playing time he can come
to expect, before discussing new terms.
Colwill, who is under contract until 2025, will seek to understand just how
fundamental to those plans when he returns to pre-season training following
international duty at the U21 Euros.
He is expected to play a part in Sunday's quarter-final against Portugal in
Georgia.
Colwill is widely considered one of England's best centre-back prospects and
is somewhat of a commodity given he is left-footed.
But he is also competing with Benoit Badiashile - a £35m signing from Monaco
in January - for the left centre-back role at Chelsea.
Brighton wanted to sign Colwill permanently this summer but had a £30m bid
flatly rejected amid Chelsea's insistence he is not for sale and wanted as
part of Pochettino's plans.
As well as Brighton, Colwill has been on the target lists at a host of
Premier League clubs.
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