Chelsea have granted Gary Cahill permission to speak with Galatasaray.

Fotomac reports that the Turkish club's president has met with Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia.

And Cahill, 32, could now open talks with Galatasaray as he looks to get himself back on the pitch.

The England international centre-back has been left out of Maurizio Sarri's first two 18-man Premier League squads.

Cahill's contract expires at the end of this season and he is unlikely to be offered a new one by the Blues.

Sarri has picked David Luiz and Antonio Rudiger in his back-four for the wins over Huddersfield and Arsenal.