Malang Sarr is closing in on a season-long loan move to AS Monaco, football.london understands. The 23-year-old defender is set to sign a loan contract with the Ligue 1 club that is expected to include an obligation to buy in the region of around £13million.
Chelsea are now set to offload their third central defender of the summer transfer window, with Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen also departing. Meanwhile, talks over the future of Ethan Ampadu are set to occur over the next couple of days.
Thomas Tuchel, when speaking last week, all but confirmed Chelsea remain in the market for another centre-back despite signing Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella – who can be used as a left central defender – already.
