Mamadou Sarr has confirmed he plans to play for Chelsea next season once he returns from his loan spell at Strasbourg. Chelsea signed Sarr from the Ligue 1 side in a deal worth £12m in June, and he made his debut at the Club World Cup against ES Tunis.
Igor Tudor has been sacked by Juventus this morning, leaving a very interesting vacancy at the top of European football. Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has been linked repeatedly with the job back in his native Italy, although it’s always seemed to be a case of people putting two and two together rather than any concrete links.
Strasbourg were unlucky to lose against Lyon on Sunday night after putting in a good performance and then getting a red and conceding in the last minute.
Three Chelsea players and one pending Chelsea player have made the shortlist for this year’s Golden Boy Award. The Golden Boy is an award established by Tuttosport that is given by sports journalists to a young male footballer playing in Europe perceived to have been the most impressive during a calendar year.
It’s not just Chelsea who are being hit by injuries at the wrong moment. Just as European football starts to kick in, our sister club Strasbourg are losing players too.
The busy transfer window for Chelsea continues as they today announced the departures of two young talents. Both are confirmed to be leaving on loan as Mamadou Sarr returned to Strasbourg for a year, while Leo Castledine is headed to Huddersfield Town on a season-long loan.
Things are moving quickly at Chelsea at the moment, especially in terms of outgoing players, and last night’s news from Fabrizio Romano caught us all a little on the hop.
One former manager has been full of praise of a new Chelsea signing recently and refers to him as his son in some big compliments. Things are super busy once again at Chelsea right now with the first of two summer transfer windows closing tomorrow night.
Chelsea are reportedly set to sign Strasbourg defender Mamadou Sarr in a deal worth around €20million, with the player agreeing to the move. The talented 19-year-old looks like an outstanding prospect and should end up being a good investment by the Blues if he continues to develop at his current rate.