Chelsea are in advanced negotiations with Benoit Badiashile as Fabrizio Romano provides an update on Josko Gvardiol and Piero Hincapie.
With Thiago Silva reaching the latter stages of his career and Wesley Fofana suffering regular injuries, Chelsea’s January transfer window is likely to involve targeting a new central defender.
With Todd Boehly looking to target younger, more promising players, three young defenders have been linked with Chelsea, and Fabrizio Romano has now provided an update, speaking exclusively to CaughtOffside via his Substack column.
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“Big news yesterday as Chelsea entered advanced negotiations on Benoit Badiashile. Some fans have asked me about this because it came out of nowhere, but he’s been on their radar for a while.
Chelsea sent their scouts to monitor Badiashile several times in the last six months, it has a high rating; Juventus also had the player on their list but decided to bet on Bremer in the summer. Chelsea are now in advanced talks, they are optimistic.
As for other options, everything is calm on Piero Hincapie’s side from now on, just normal interest, while RB Leipzig wants more than 90 million euros for Josko Gvardiol.”
Gvardiol could be considered a bit expensive for Chelsea, so it makes sense to see them linked with alternative options. Now, it seems they have chosen to push Badiashile, another exciting young talent in Europe.
At 21, Badiashile is far from reaching his full potential, but he is already a regular at his club and was recently called up to the French national team.
Being a left-sided centre-back, Badiashile can snap into a Graham Potter three-pointer, providing balance on the left side.
