Axel Disasi: Chelsea agree deal in principle for Monaco defender
Axel Disasi has entered the final two years of his Monaco contract; Disasi had been linked with Manchester United and Newcastle in this transfer window; Chelsea lost centre-back Wesley Fofana during pre-season to an ACL injury
Sunday 30 July 2023 17:55, UK
Chelsea have agreed a deal in principle with Monaco for defender Axel Disasi for a fee in the region of £38.6m.
Disasi has entered the final two years of his contract and had been linked with Manchester United and Newcastle in this transfer window.
Monaco wanted to have a degree of certainty over a replacement before sanctioning a move for Disasi. The club agreed a deal with Southampton for defender Mohammed Salisu over the weekend.
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino had indicated earlier this month the club could go into the market following the ACL injury suffered by centre-back Wesley Fofana.
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Fofana has had surgery on his knee and speaking on Chelsea's pre-season tour of the United States, Pochettino said he was hopeful the player would return from injury at some point this season.
Pochettino can currently pick from Levi Colwill, Thiago Silva, Trevoh Chalobah and Benoit Badiashile, who is still recovering from a hamstring injury sustained last season, to fill the centre-back positions.
Disasi will offer Chelsea another option as a right-sided centre-back. He moved to Monaco from Reims, where he spent four years, in 2020 and featured for France at the 2022 World Cup, making three appearances.
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