Arsenal, Chelsea Set To Battle Manchester United For AS Monaco’s £34.5m Rated French Defender
Monaco's French defender Axel Disasi celebrates scoring a goal during the French L1 football match between FC Nantes and AS Monaco FC at the Stade de la BeaujoireLouis Fonteneau in Nantes, western France on April 9, 2023. (Photo by Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Arsenal, Chelsea have joined Manchester United in the chase for AS Monaco’s £34.5m rated French defender but it is believed that the Old Trafford club are favorites to land him as they prepare to begin official discussion with the Ligue 1 cub for his services.
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Manchester United are leading the race to sign highly-rated Monaco defender Axel Disasi, despite interest from Arsenal and Chelsea with the 25-year-old high on Erik ten Hag’s wish list of defensive reinforcements after catching the eye for the French side.
Despite interest from Premier League rivals Arsenal and Chelsea, United are in pole position to get their man, who Ten Hag is due to start talks with shortly, according to RMC journalist Fabrice Hawkins.
Disasi who made an impressive 49 appearances in all competitions, scoring six and notching four assists in a standout individual campaign is believed to be keen on a move to the Premier League after stints with Paris FC, where he came through the youth team before Reims move and then to Monaco.
Meanwhile…
AS Monaco’s Swiss international forward, Breel Embolo has been fined for making threats during a street altercation in Basel five years ago when he was out with friends in the Swiss city and got into an argument with another group at 5am.
When he was 21 and playing for German club Schalke, Embolo told one man he would ‘finish him’ and another man ‘he’d have him beaten’ during the argument, a court heard.
A judge at Basel criminal court gave Embolo a conditional fine of 45 daily rates of 3,000 Swiss francs [£2,626] – a total of CHF 135,000 [£118,247] – with a probationary period of three years for the incident back in May 2018 although the player plans to appeal the guilty verdict.
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Georginio Wijnaldum is open to continuity at PSG if given the chance having just recently returned from loan from Serie A club, Roma and has been heavily tipped to leave the French Giant in the summer.
Speaking to L’Équipe today, the Dutch midfielder indicated that he is keeping his options open, and that his future will be the subject of discussion once he returns from holiday at the end of next month.
The former Liverpool midfielder also pointed out that there are still “many things that need to be clarified.”
“If they say they want to keep me, then I’ll stay”, he adds, before going on to explain that he had no regrets about choosing PSG back in 2021, and pointing out that his difficulties on first arriving were down to needing to adapt to a new environment after five years with the Reds.
“It was very difficult, I think a player needs to feel wanted at a club, to be shown that they’re counting on him. You need joy as well. That’s what I need.”
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