The Telegraph’s Matt Law reported that Malang Sarr is going to join AS Monaco on a loan deal. The French player is in Monaco for a medical checkup.
The contract includes an obligation to buy the young player for over 10 million pounds. The English journalist reports that the clause will only be activated under certain conditions.
Malang Sarr taking his medical at Monaco. Ligue 1 club will pay around £600,000 to take him on loan from Chelsea with an obligation (under conditions) to buy him for £10m, plus just over £3m in add-ons. Good deal all round.
In the summer of 2020 he joined the Blues. The Frenchman spent the entire 2020-21 campaign in Porto.
On his return to the Blues’ first team the following season, he made 21 appearances across all competitions and featured eight times in the premier league
The summer transfer window has been busy for the Blues, with the arrivals of several players
The manager is in dire need of defensive replacements, having lost several of them. The manager failed to lure Jules Kounde and Matthijs de Ligt to the bridge this summer.
The Monegasques signed Takumi Minamino for 18 million earlier this summer, so they’re trying to get the French international’s services.
Having signed him as a free agent in the 2020 summer transfer window, the Blues are in a good position to make a lot of money from the sale.
“It is a lot of experience” – Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel reveals need for a ‘new generation’ in defense
Tuchel admitted that the age of his current defensive line-up is a cause for concern, and urged the Blues to sign younger centre-backs.
Following the west London side’s victory overEverton in the opening game of the season on Saturday, Tuchel told The Mirror.
“It is a lot of experience, it is maybe another of age, it is a lot of experience and they have their quality and they know what they are doing.”
He said so.
“We also need to make sure we have a new generation to take over in the next years but the guys are strong that is why they are under contract and the guys have our trust.”
Edited by Ritwik Kumar
