CaughtOffside: Chelsea ready to sell defender for €35m – ‘background interest’ from Milan

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.