Chelsea defender and reported Aston Villa target Gary Cahill has been given the green light to leave the club during the January window to find regular first-team football.
As per reports from the Mirror, as cited on Calciomercato, the Premier League side have told the player he can leave Stamford Bridge after falling out of favour under Maurizio Sarri.
West Ham and Galatasaray have both been linked with a move to the former Bolton man.
Cahill has found game time hard to come by as Maurizio Sarri prefers a defensive duo of Antonio Rudiger and David Luiz.
The defender is out of contract in the summer but could now leave in January, with Villa fans hoping that John Terry may be able to pull a few strings.
Despite captaining the club last season, the Blues are unlikely to offer the player a new deal and could decide to cash in during the upcoming transfer window to avoid losing him for nothing.
