Chelsea defender Benoit Badiashile is expected to leave in the summer window, and AC Milan are among the teams linked.
As CaughtOffside report, Badiashile is not considered a part of Chelsea’s plans moving forward and so a destination is already being thought about. There has been ‘some background interest from AC Milan’ as per the report, but there are other clubs in the running as well.
Juventus and Marseille ‘could be two teams to watch’ in the race for Badiashile, with the Blues ready to listen to offers of around €35m. The London club want to sell him permanently rather than accepting a loan formula.
One source told them: “Badiashile is very likely out of the Chelsea project now. There has been some interest from AC Milan, albeit nothing that concrete yet, but we can expect to see them and others step up their efforts in the months ahead.
“While I wouldn’t say Chelsea are forcing Badiashile out, they are very much open to offers and would prefer a permanent sale to a loan. His asking price will be in the region of €35m.”
It is well known that Milan pushed for a centre-back right to the end of the winter window, with Axel Disasi – also owned by Chelsea – one of the options mentioned. However, the management chose to proceed with the squad as it is.
It must be noted that Milan were linked with Badiashile multiple times in recent years, including back in 2021 when he was still playing in France, and even last summer when a Chelsea exit also seemed obvious.
35m for player worse than De Winter, lmao
I think Chelsea have some kind of MK Ultra mind control hold over Furlani and co…
There are definitely some weird undertones between Chelsea brass and Furlani… So many deals over the years.
French? Check. Chelsea deadwood? Check. Furlani must be cooking.
It’s a done deal already. 🙂
Um, 35 million for a player that doesn’t even play more than 10 league games a season lol?
Some of the people writing these comments genuinely need therapy, because the takes are unhinged.
Chelsea’s new ownership built a model around buying a huge volume of young players, developing them, and keeping only the ones who can help them win the league and the UCL. In theory, it’s a clever strategy. In practice, it only works if you have the right coach and a stable foundation. Chelsea has neither. They’ve collected a pile of talented young players without any structure to evaluate them, develop them, or even play them consistently. That chaos creates the perfect opening for other clubs to come in and pick off good players at discounted prices.
That’s not conspiracy—that’s smart recruitment. Milan already won a title and improved their squad with players taken from Chelsea’s dysfunction: Pulisic, Giroud, and Tomori, and maybe Nkunku. Furlani is simply exploiting a market inefficiency, and long may it continue.
Milan fans should actually be more worried about clubs like United or Arsenal getting their act together. Those teams have already gutted Serie A of their top talent, as they should. Their fans understand the logic. Meanwhile, some people online act like there’s a sinister plot or some kind of voodoo behind Milan signing multiple players from the same club or league. It’s not that deep—it’s just good business.
Not untrue.
Great take. Thanks.
To add a bit of weight. We flirted with the idea of Chalobah last year and now he is emerging in the Prem with Chelsea as a nailed on starter. Transfermarkt has him at $35m.
Looking at Napoli they got McTominay from ManU. The general consensus here was to avoid Rasmus Hojlund, yet he has been solid for Napoli this season. If I’m them I’m looking to snatch Kobe Mainoo because clearly ManU is not evaluating its talent well because the environment is too chaotic.
Again, thanks for an interesting take @jj
Excellent post, very reasoned.
It doesn’t hurt to ask for €35M. That doesn’t mean they’re going to get it. On the other hand, if a team gets desperate…
Thiaw/ Jimenez will be 100m price tag if they were at Chelsea