Chelsea monitored by PFA over treatment of Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi - after ex-England star showcased brutal reality of life in Enzo Maresca's 'bomb squad'

Chelsea are reportedly 'working closely' with the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) over their treatment of Axel Disasi and Raheem Sterling. 

The two stars, who the Blues splashed out a combined £85million on, have been frozen out of manager Enzo Maresca's squad after failing to secure moves away from the club this summer. 

Having endured a disappointing loan spell at Arsenal last term, Sterling is believed to have turned down advances from both Napoli and Bayern Munich during the transfer window, with the Englishman unwilling to move away from his native London. 

There had too been reported interest from West Ham United and Fulham but ultimately nothing materialised. 

Disasi meanwhile snubbed approaches from Bournemouth and the Hammers after learning of Monaco's desire to bring him back to the club. The two clubs however failed to reach an agreement over a loan move before the deadline. 

Sterling and Disasi have thereby been left stuck at Stamford Bridge until January at the earliest, with the duo training individually away from the first team.

Only this week Sterling offered fans an insight into the grim reality of life in Chelsea's 'bomb squad', sharing an image to Instagram of Cobham's empty training pitches showing the time as 20:21 with the caption 'training' alongside a handshake and cold face emoji.

According to ESPN, Chelsea and the PFA are working together closely to ensure that the two players are able to train properly and maintain their fitness at the club's Cobham training ground. 

The duo have too been offered designated coaches to ensure they'll be able to find a move away from the club in January, with their careers at Chelsea all but over. 

Enzo Maresca confirmed such in a press conference last week, saying: '‘They are Chelsea players because they have a contract with the club. In this moment, they are still training apart. The idea is to continue in exactly the same way.

‘Since we started the season, I didnt see one of them. I didn't see Renato (Veiga), I didn't see Axel (Disasi), I didn’t see Raheem (Sterling), because they train at a different time on a different pitch. I haven’t seen them since we started the season.’ 

Asked if there was any way back into the first team for them, Maresca said: ‘With us? No.’ 

The Blues manager is indeed making decisions from a position of power after what many have seen as a promising start to the season.

His side are unbeaten so far in the Premier League, but suffered their first loss of the season at Bayern Munich on Wednesday evening.

Two goals from Harry Kane and an own goal from Trevoh Chalobah secured the German champions their victory, with Maresca admitting afterwards that Chelsea can 'learn a lot' from the loss. 

'This kind of game requires you to play in the right way for 95 minutes - not just for part of the game,' the Italian said. 

'I think we did that for part of the game very well, but in some moments, we were not good enough. We can learn many things. 

'The Champions League is this kind of game, especially against Bayern, that is one of the favourites. But, I think overall we competed quite well. I think the performance was quite good. We started very well for the first 20 minutes, creating two or three clear chances.

'Then we concede a goal, that we can avoid, and the game changed a little bit.' 

His side travel to Manchester to face a struggling United side on Saturday evening.