Chelsea fended off big interest from Liverpool and Barcelona to complete the signing of Benoit Badiashile in the January transfer window, football.london understands.
The Blues secured a deal worth initially around £34million to sign the 21-year-old in early January in what was their second of eight signings over the month. Badiashile signed a seven-and-a-half-year contract with Chelsea and has impressed in his opening five games for the club.
Badiashile has so far completed five lots of 90 minutes as a Blues player – perhaps more than what was expected. The youngster was signed by the club and viewed as someone for the future who could play the occasional game to further his development. However, he has featured quite heavily for Chelsea in almost two months with the club.
