This summer, the French colony at Chelsea expanded with the arrival of Axel Disasi. Author of a more than accomplished 2022-23 season with AS Monaco (49 matches in all competitions), during which he made his first rounds with the French team while discovering the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the 25-year-old defender caught the eye of the Blues, who paid no less than €45 million to secure his services. The native of Gonesse, who joined his ex-teammate on the Rock, Benoît Badiashile, returned to the conditions of his transfer to England.
The Frenchman was particularly attracted by the project proposed by Mauricio Pochettino and took advantage of his relationship with Paul Mitchell, former sports director of Monaco between 2020 and 2023 who now works in London, to obtain guarantees. “As I knew the sports director, that reassured me. Also the fact that I know he gets on well with Paul Mitchell. I also asked Paul (Mitchell editor’s note) questions about the Chelsea project. He was also really great with me. He told me that there was a team and a clear guideline. The fact that I trusted him reassured me.”said the Blues defender in the columns of The Team.
