Chelsea: things are getting agitated for Benoît Badiashile

Blue White Red. This season, several French players are playing in the Chelsea jersey. Thus, Wesley Fofana, Axel Disasi, Malo Gusto, Christopher Nkunku and Benoît Badiashile make up the French colony of the English club. A club where the last named settled down almost two years ago, in January 2023. After having proven himself at the highest level in France under the jersey of AS Monaco, Benoît Badiashile headed to ‘English for a nice check for a little over €35 million. During his first six months, the native of Limoges took part in 11 matches in all competitions. The following season, in 2023-24, the 23-year-old central defender was used 22 times (1 goal and 1 assist).

During the current financial year, the Frenchman has made a total of 10 appearances for the Stamford Bridge team. In detail, he took part in 2 Premier League matches, 6 in the Europa Conference League (including the 2 play-off matches, editor’s note) and 2 in the Carabao Cup. Which makes a total playing time of 847 minutes. On the bench or absent from the squad in 10 out of 12 Premier League matches, Badiashile was in the starting eleven against Leicester City last weekend. Same yesterday against Heidenheim in C4 (90 minutes played). Enough to give hope to the French player, who had to be patient during the first months of the competition. But the defender, who has been doing well in recent matches, has always held on and has not imagined leaving the Blues.

Clubs are already on the lookout but…

“Enzo Maresca is a great person and a great coach. He has a great philosophy. I think we share the same vision of football. I really appreciate the time spent with the coach. I hope it lasts a long time with him. (…) It’s obvious that a player wants to play every match. But at a club like Chelsea there are a lot of good players. You have to take advantage of the minutes you have, give your best and let the coach make decisions. Of course I want to stay at Chelsea, it’s a big club. I am aware of the difficulties in succeeding, but I will try to do everything to achieve it”he explained a few weeks ago.

What about now? According to our information, the current trend is still for him to stay at Chelsea and not change his tune during the month of January 2025. If a turnaround is still possible between now and then, the player’s idea is to continue the adventure in London. This, even if several clubs have already knocked on his door. Serie A and Bundesliga teams are on the case according to our information. Regarding Olympique de Marseille, where his name was cited by Monaco-Morning this Friday, there has so far been no approach from residents of the Orange Vélodrome, we have been informed. Fully focused on Chelsea, the footballer under contract until June 2030 still has a few pages to write in the English capital with his French teammates.