
Chelsea’s youth gamble continues to be the club’s transfer strategy, and 19-year-old centre back Mamadou Sarr’s arrival from sister club Strasbourg prior to the start of the Club World Cup is one of the latest examples.
After a solid season in Ligue 1 that saw Sarr help Strasbourg return to European competition for the first time in two decades, the young defender has set a new target upon his arrival to the Premier League: become Chelsea’s own version of Virgil van Dijk.