Axel Disasi joins Chelsea for €45m
Chelsea have agreed to sign Monaco defender Axel Disasi for €45m.
The Blues dipped into the market for a centre-back after Wesley Fofana suffered a serious knee injury.
Disasi moved to Monaco from Reims in 2020 and has made 118 appearances for the Ligue 1 side, and has impressed suitably in the principality to have made his senior France debut.
Having previously been capped at Under-20 level, he became the first Frenchman to make his debut at a World Cup since 1966 when he featured in the 1-0 group-stage loss to Tunisia in Qatar.
The 25-year-old is set to become Chelsea's third major signing of the summer, with forwards Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkuku having joined from Villarreal and RB Leipzig respectively.
Chelsea, under new head coach Mauricio Pochettino, begin their Premier League campaign away to Liverpool on 13 August.