{"id":17509,"date":"2026-07-15T06:42:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=17509"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:42:33","slug":"gabriel-slonina-trains-with-strasbourg-as-chelsea-explore-move-read-chelsea-f-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=17509","title":{"rendered":"Gabriel Slonina trains with Strasbourg as Chelsea explore move &#8211; Read Chelsea F.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gabriel Slonina is training with Strasbourg as Chelsea explore another possible loan move for the United States goalkeeper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A transfer has not been agreed and the 22-year-old\u2019s presence in France does not guarantee that he will join the Ligue 1 club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Nizaar Kinsella reports that Strasbourg are considering Slonina as they search for a goalkeeper following Mike Penders\u2019 return to Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Penders spent last season on loan with Strasbourg but has now returned to his parent club, creating an obvious vacancy within BlueCo\u2019s French operation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8Understand Gabriel Slonina is training with Strasbourg. Move not guaranteed but an option being explored. The French club under the same ownership as Chelsea need  a goalkeeper after Mike Penders returned to his parent club. https:\/\/t.co\/AX2wOenuc7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) July 14, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strasbourg could offer Slonina regular football<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slonina needs another season of consistent senior minutes after several disrupted loan spells since joining Chelsea from Chicago Fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American made 34 appearances for Eupen during the 2023\/24 campaign before joining Barnsley on loan. Chelsea recalled him from Oakwell in January 2025 after 14 appearances across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He remains part of a crowded goalkeeping group at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chelsea\u2019s squad currently includes Robert S\u00e1nchez, Filip J\u00f8rgensen, Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Penders and Slonina. ReadChelsea recently reported that the club have also contacted experienced goalkeepers about a possible third-choice role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A move to Strasbourg could therefore give Slonina a clearer route to first-team football while allowing Chelsea to monitor his development closely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrangement would also represent a direct continuation of Penders\u2019 pathway, although Strasbourg will assess Slonina on his own merits rather than simply replacing one Chelsea loanee with another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chelsea signed Slonina on a six-year contract in 2022, leaving him tied to the club until 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Training with Strasbourg gives both clubs an opportunity to assess the fit. A formal move will depend on whether the French side believe Slonina is ready to become their first-choice goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabriel Slonina is training with Strasbourg as Chelsea explore another possible loan move for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}