The probable arrival of Abakar Sylla in Strasbourg may foreshadow the new relations between the Alsatian club and Chelsea, linked by the same owner.
Inevitably, this changes the game. Now controlled by BlueCo, also owner of Chelsea (Premier League), the Racing club of Strasbourg has some facilities at the time of the summer transfer market. According to Fabrizio Romano, Abakar Sylla (Club Bruges) should soon join Ligue 1.
The Alsatian leaders and their Belgian counterparts have reached an agreement about the 20-year-old central defender for 17 million euros, a significant sum, specifies the specialist mercato journalist. He also indicates that the Chelsea decision-makers are planning to recover the young Ivorian in the long term.
The Blues therefore allow Strasbourg to pay a certain sum for an Abakar Sylla who has everything to prove, despite six Champions League appearances last season. If the latter progresses under the jersey of Racing and its new coach Patrick Vieira (photo), Chelsea would become a priority to recruit him. So much for the competition?
This is one of the problems with timeshare in football. This phenomenon, which affects Olympique Lyonnais, for example, may only be beginning.
