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Le Havre director Mathieu Bodmer has slammed Chelsea for their ‘disgraceful’ conduct during negotiations for Malang Sarr.
The 25-year-old joined Chelsea on a free transfer from Nice in 2020 but has been unable to secure a first-team role during his time at Stamford Bridge.
Sarr spent last season on loan at Monaco and was expected to leave Chelsea once again at the start of the current campaign.
However, Sarr was unable to secure a move away last summer and now Ligue 1 side Le Havre have accused Chelsea of U-turning on their promise to allow the defender to return to France in the closing stages of the January transfer window.
‘What they did to him was disgraceful,’ Bodmer told Paris Normandie.
‘They are the directors of the club with six English league titles, now owned by the American Todd Boehly. With just a few details still to be worked out, they did a U-turn.
‘They gave the youngster the go-ahead to travel, and a financial agreement had been reached for the eighteen months of his remaining contract at Chelsea.
‘However, on several occasions, they went back on their agreement, and then gave it again.
‘And once the player had agreed to make a big effort, to come to us on a tiny salary, just to play football, they blocked him.
‘Everything was OK, the contract had even been submitted to the League (LFP), but we never received Chelsea’s cancellation.
‘In the end, they just told him he wouldn’t be leaving and they didn’t even answer the phone any more.’
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