Chelsea’s partner club Strasbourg set to sign former Blues target

Jacque Talbot

27 Jul 2023 12:40 BST
3 min read

Chelsea’s partner club Strasbourg are in talks to sign former Blues transfer target, Russian midfielder Arsen Zakharyan.

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The 20-year-old has been given the chance to play in Ligue 1 for a season, before going to Chelsea.

The transfer will see the Boehly-Clearlake Capital multi-club system fully in operation, with Dynamo Moscow holding out for at least £10million.

Zakharyan previously saw a move to Stamford Bridge collapse over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There is a stumbling block, with Lazio thought to be currently leading the race for Zakharyan.

Maurizio Sarri able to offer Champions League football and more games than he would perhaps at Chelsea, but a deal is ont concluded just yet.

Chelsea are also in talks over signing Montpellier striker Elye Wahi, who had before been linked to Arsenal.

Mauricio Pochettino recently spoke out about his recent splurge in signings and how no current players will be allowed excuses for failure.

Angelo Gabriel of Brazilian giants Santos is expected to follow suit on loan after spending time with the first-team squad on the pre-season tour in America.

Pochettino on transfers

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"The objective is to win because football is about winning," Pochettino told the club's site. "We will have good times, create good relationships, have a nice environment and relationship with people, but the most important thing in the end is to win.

"If you win, it helps develop all the other things. Football is about results, how you achieve that is different because we are people that care about the way we achieve the results. But in the end, we want to win, be competitive, be animals that want to compete every week and in every game. But we need to translate before on the training ground and to train in this way."