Chelsea sign Sarr
Chelsea have officially announced the signing of Malang Sarr on Thursday.
The 21-year-old centre-back had previously been plying his trade with Ligue 1 outfit Nice, but left the French side when his contract expired recently.
As a result, the stopper has now penned a five-year deal at Stamford Bridge.
Sarr will not spend 2020/21 with the Blues, though, as he is instead set to be sent out on loan for the forthcoming campaign.
Welcome to Chelsea, Malang Sarr!
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 27, 2020
Chelsea land Chilwell
Elsewhere on the Chelsea front, Ben Chilwell has discussed a whole host of topics with his new club.
Chilwell is, of course, the latest big name to make the switch to Chelsea this summer
The Blues have already secured the services of Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner.
Thiago Silva is also expected to make the move to Stamford Bridge imminently with Kai Havertz too believed to be close to a move.
Before that, though, Chelsea confirmed the signing of the former Leicester full-back on a five-year deal on Wednesday.
BEN
IS
BLUE.Welcome to Chelsea, @BenChilwell! #BenIsBlue
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 26, 2020
The Londoners are understood to have paid around £45m for the defender, who will earn around £190,000-a-week.
Chilwell on injury & Lampard
After signing for the Blues, Chilwell has, as mentioned above, discussed a whole host of topics with the club’s official website.
First up, the Englishman highlighted the role Frank Lampard played in his switch, stating that talking to the Chelsea boss really made up his mind he wanted to sign:
“I think every player wants to play for a huge club in their career and I’m no different, but talking to Frank before I signed really made up my mind that I wanted to come and play here.
“He installed a lot of confidence in me, he told me about the system he wants to play, how I’d fit into that and he just seemed a really good guy that you could talk to about anything. It’s important to have that relationship and trust with a manager and he’s also very keen on young players being given a chance.”
It’s worth noting a similar assessment was also made by Timo Werner when he first joined.
Chilwell also gave a brief update on his current injury issue, which ruled him out of Gareth Southgate’s latest England squad:
“I’m feeling really good. The injury is healing really well and I’ve been doing a lot of fitness work over the past four or five weeks.”
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