Author of a good start to the season with Strasbourg, defender Mamadou Sarr has won over Chelsea. The Premier League club are very close to signing the 19-year-old on a long-term contract while letting him finish the season in Alsace on loan. A loan that could even extend beyond six months. The operation could be completed around 20 million euros. The player and the English club have already agreed.
After Axel Disasi, Wesley Fofana, Malo Gusto and Benoît Badiashile, Chelsea seem to want to continue to focus on French defenders. According to our information, the London club is eyeing Mamadou Sarr, central defender of Strasbourg and author of a promising start to the season. The Blues are even ready to recruit the 19-year-old this winter.
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Transfer around 20 million euros
The solution envisaged should be a transfer of around 20 million euros with a loan to the Alsatian club until the end of the season. Enough to secure this 1.94m profile which has fit well into Liam Rosenior's plans (11 Ligue 1 matches this season, long-term starter since the end of September). If this operation goes through, the player will remain in the same group since BlueCo, the American consortium that owns Chelsea, bought Strasbourg in 2023.
-Trained at Olympique Lyonnais (with whom he won the Gambardella Cup in 2022), Mamadou Sarr never had his chance in the Lyon first team. Loaned to Molenbeek from January to June 2024 to gain playing time, the central defender has changed dimensions in Strasbourg, to the point of catching the eye of Chelsea.
