Chelsea 'ask Championship loanee to report back to club next week'

The Blues are currently focused on trying to finish in the top seven of the Premier League table in an effort to secure European qualification for 2024-25.

Should Chelsea prevail in their remaining three fixtures against Nottingham Forest, Brighton & Hove Albion and Bournemouth, they will achieve that target.

Preparation is currently underway for the trip to the City Ground, a stadium where Forest have generally impressed against the division's best teams this campaign.

When the Chelsea senior squad return to training next week ahead of the Brighton encounter, it appears that they will be joined by a player who has spent the season elsewhere.

According to The Athletic, Pochettino wants to take advantage of Ipswich Town's automatic promotion to briefly welcome Omari Hutchinson back into the fold.

Hutchinson was allowed to spend the season at Portman Road to further his development having previously only accumulated 49 minutes of senior football.

While Hutchinson did not always start for Ipswich in the Championship, the Jamaica international emerged as a key player, missing just two of their 46 matches.

The 20-year-old contributed an impressive 10 goals and six assists as Kieran McKenna's side secured promotion to the Premier League without the need of participating in the playoffs.

After the celebrations that followed the win over Huddersfield Town on Saturday, Hutchinson is now having a week off, but the report claims that he will be at Chelsea's training facilities next week.

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