The move had been in the works for weeks, but it took until Thursday make it official. Benoît Badiashile is officially a Chelsea player. The 21-year-old defender leaves Monaco for the Blues for just under €40m. More than the sum, not far from ordinary on the Premier League scale, it is the contract length that he challenges: the French international with two selections signed until 2030!
The Limoges native arrived in the Principality at the age of 15, in 2016, and knew all the young selections from the Under 16, before discovering the big Blues last September, against Austria (2-0) then in Denmark (defeat , 2-0), in the League of Nations.
Chelsea in trouble
Not held up for the World Cup, unlike his defender teammate Axel Disasi, Badiashile (106 Ligue 1 games, 6 goals) joins a Chelsea side who are not at their best in the league: Graham’s lineup Potter, where the French Wesley Fofana and the Brazilian Thiago Silva also evolve in his post, aims only for 10th place before Manchester City’s reception this Thursday evening.
