{"id":625941,"date":"2023-08-01T15:18:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625941"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:21:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:21:48","slug":"chelsea-axel-disasi-undergoing-medicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/01\/chelsea-axel-disasi-undergoing-medicals\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Told\u2019: Chelsea in Final Stages of Confirming \u00a338 Million \u2018Monster\u2019 as Latest Summer Signing &#8211; Romano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1686262484498513920?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has given an exciting update on Chelsea&#8217;s progress on making their fourth summer signing under Mauricio Pochettino ahead of the start of the Premier League season, as they appear to be set to bring in a replacement for the injured Wesley Fofana.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Close to Confirming Axel Disasi Transfer<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Axel Disasi, in England today in order to undergo medical and sign five year deal as new Chelsea player on \u20ac45m deal from Monaco \ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Told Chelsea and Monaco already exchanged docs and contracts, deal is almost sealed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dfpsqh5YdV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Dfpsqh5YdV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1686262484498513920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Disasi Arrives in England Ahead of Chelsea Move<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Blues are already\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/12930821\/axel-disasi-chelsea-agree-deal-in-principle-for-monaco-defender\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to have agreed a deal with AS Monaco to sign their defender Axel Disasi for a fee of around \u00a338 million. Romano now claims that the 25-year-old has arrived in England to undergo his necessary medical tests before being able to complete a move to Stamford Bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/01\/chelsea-bid-michael-olise-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Prepare Bid for Michael Olise Signing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He will then be signing a five-year contract with the Premier League side as personal terms have already been agreed. Romano also states that he has been told that Chelsea and Monaco have already exchanged all the official documents and contracts necessary to make this deal official.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a result, it now looks like a matter of time before the London giants can confirm their latest acquisition of the window. Disasi, who has been labelled as\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gUmhHdc9ubA&amp;pp=ygULQXhlbCBEaXNhc2k%3D\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a &#8220;monster&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for his performances last season, will provide more depth in the centre-back position, which has already been shortened this summer after the departures of Kalidou Koulibaly and Cesar Azpilicueta.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What Is on Chelsea\u2019s Radar After Axel Disasi Transfer?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea have been quite busy in the summer window, both in terms of incomings and outgoings. They&#8217;ve already offloaded over 12 first-team players to trim their bloated squad, as well as making additions like Christopher Nkunku, Nicolas Jackson and Angelo Gabriel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/31\/chelsea-manchester-united-robert-sanchez\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Make Bid for Brighton Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Romano has also stated that\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1684610451995340800?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea are keen on signing Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and continuing negotiations with the Seagulls, who are\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2023\/jul\/06\/chelsea-refuse-to-meet-brightons-demand-of-100m-for-moises-caicedo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reportedly<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0demanding \u00a3100 million to let the Ecuadorian leave. The London side are likely to continue their pursuit of the 21-year-old midfielder after completing the Disasi deal as they aim to strengthen their midfield line and find a suitable partner for Enzo Fernandez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Watch<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: Poch&#8217;s secret strategy for Chelsea success<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poch&#039;s Secret Strategy for Chelsea Success\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d1ol0guPjyE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span>Main image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2jETx8Q\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel on Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano\u00a0has given an exciting update on Chelsea&#8217;s progress on making their fourth summer signing under Mauricio Pochettino ahead of the start of the Premier League season, as they appear to be set to bring in a replacement for the injured Wesley Fofana. Chelsea Close to Confirming Axel Disasi Transfer Axel Disasi, in England today [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":624508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,7,7188],"tags":[4511,8611],"class_list":["post-625941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-ligue-1","category-rumours","tag-axel-disasi","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}