Real Madrid and Barcelona are on red alert as Levi Colwill could leave Chelsea this summer, with Spanish outlet Marca reporting that the Blues\u2019 failure to secure Champions League football for 2026-27 could force them into selling key assets.<\/strong><\/p>\n Chelsea endured a torrid 2025-26 campaign by their own lofty ambitions, finishing 8th in the Premier League and crashing out of the Champions League in the Round of 16, suffering two humiliating 3-0 defeats to PSG.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE<\/u><\/span> & GOOGLE PLAY<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n With no European football of any kind to offer next season, there could be several significant departures in the upcoming transfer window and Colwill is reportedly among the players who could be tempted away.<\/p>\n As per Marca, Chelsea\u2019s absence from the Champions League next season is a serious threat to their ability to hold onto top-tier talent.<\/p>\n In their report, Marca described Colwill as a modern centre-back, a player with imposing physical presence but the technical quality and ball-carrying ability that elite clubs across Europe crave.<\/p>\n Crucially, the report draws a comparison with Real Madrid\u2019s long-standing interest in Liverpool\u2019s Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 and Barcelona\u2019s links to Inter Milan\u2019s Alessandro Bastoni, two defenders who fit the same profile as Colwill.<\/p>\n Marca notes that if Colwill were to become a market opportunity this summer, it would be entirely logical for both Spanish giants to register their interest.<\/p>\n Chelsea\u2019s hierarchy view Colwill as central to their long-term project, and there is no desire at the club to sell.<\/p>\n However, the lure of Champions League football from two of the world\u2019s biggest clubs could prove impossible to resist for the 23-year-old England international.<\/p>\n The 2025-26 campaign was one Colwill would rather forget from a personal standpoint.<\/p>\n The defender underwent surgery to repair a torn ACL in August 2025, an injury sustained in his very first training session of pre-season after returning to Cobham, and was expected to miss the majority of the season as a result.<\/p>\n The loss of Colwill was viewed as a hammer blow to Chelsea\u2019s defensive preparations, given he was considered the cornerstone of the club\u2019s long-term defensive project.<\/p>\n He did eventually make his return in the closing weeks of the season, starring in back-to-back starts against Liverpool and Manchester City before doubts emerged over his fitness ahead of the Tottenham derby.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Real Madrid and Barcelona are on red alert as Levi Colwill could leave Chelsea this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Chelsea could lose key players this summer including Levi Colwill<\/h2>\n
Colwill\u2019s season has been marred with injuries<\/h2>\n
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\n \nSeason<\/th>\n Injury<\/th>\n From<\/th>\n Until<\/th>\n Days Out<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n 2025\/26<\/td>\n Cruciate ligament tear<\/td>\n 07\/08\/2025<\/td>\n 24\/04\/2026<\/td>\n 261 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n