It has been reported that the official Chelsea website does not currently include Lewis Hall as a first team player.
According to The Athletic, the teenager is one of the names left off the list despite starting in four Premier League games this season.
Hall was certainly thrown in at the deep end when he got a perhaps unexpected opportunity to star for the first team.
He certainly made the most of his opportunity though. He was the best player on the pitch for the Blues in their defeat to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup.
Whilst he piled in sporadic displays before the World Cup break, including Premier League starts, opportunities to even be part of the matchday squad have dried up in recent weeks.
Hall not a first team player
Despite it not being his natural position, the England youngster would frequently be used as a left back for the first team.
Recently, Ben Chilwell has returned to full fitness and been a near ever-present in the starting 11 since doing so.
Having just signed an extension to his contact at Stamford Bridge, it appears the England international is going nowhere, and is clearly part of the club’s long-term plans.
This could make opportunities few and far between for Hall at the club, and the fact that he is not even named as a first team player on the club’s official website suggests he may not be in any short-term plans.
There could be an opportunity to impress in the final few Premier League games of the season if Frank Lampard decides to give some of his younger players a chance to shine off the back of the games not holding any real importance in the wider scheme of things.
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