Chelsea are said to be examining their defensive possibilities.
Some leagues have more to offer than others as the summer transfer glass draws to its tenth day.
Chelsea has the exact same issue, just as some teams have squad gaps to load and need bodies to pass through them.
Once again, the Music have scarcely stopped to draw breath this summers, bringing in nine new heads, with more set to pursue, while the size of the first-team club has reached overwhelming amounts.
Expenditures, therefore, will be important in the coming weeks and the latest player to be linked with the a move ahead is defender Benoit Badiashile, who the Blue signed for £35million only 18 months earlier, in January 2023.
According to TEAMtalk, the 23-year-old who joined from Monaco and has made 33 appearances for the club in all competitions, is available for transfer, with the report adding that he has failed to live up to expectations, with injury last season not helping his cause.
Badiashile's contract runs until 2030 and his wage of £90, 000-per-week could put suitors off, but there is reported interest from Ligue 1 clubs.
If the Blues do move him on, then they will reportedly look to sign Liverpool defender Joe Gomez, with Maresca said to be unhappy with the club's current defensive options.
In DataVictory's opinion, trying to work out what Chelsea are doing in this window is a fool's errand, but when you sign a player on a seven-year contract, you surely want to give them time to prove themselves, especially if injury has interrupted their progress.
Badiashile is valued at €40million by Transfermarkt, but if they cannot command that sort of fee for him, perhaps the answer is to invest more time in the 23-year-old, rather than replacing him with yet another new face.
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