{"id":20132,"date":"2026-07-22T17:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20132"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:31:23","slug":"roma-make-contact-with-chelsea-over-defender-axel-disasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20132","title":{"rendered":"Roma make contact with Chelsea over defender Axel Disasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"text-sm md:text-(17px) leading-relaxed text-gray-700 mb-4 md:mb-5\"><span>According to<\/span><span><em>  Foot Market<\/em><\/span><span>the Serie A club have approached Chelsea over the 28-year-old and have also been in touch with his representatives. Chelsea are said to be asking for around \u20ac20million to sanction the sale of a player who spent the second half of last season on loan at West Ham United.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm md:text-(17px) leading-relaxed text-gray-700 mb-4 md:mb-5\"><span>Disasi impressed during his loan spell in east London, helping shore up a West Ham United defence that ultimately could not avoid relegation from the Premier League. That renaissance under Nuno Espirito Santo has done little to change Chelsea&#8217;s thinking, however, with the club still keen to move the defender on permanently as they continue trimming their squad under Xabi Alonso.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm md:text-(17px) leading-relaxed text-gray-700 mb-4 md:mb-5\"><span>With Chelsea&#8217;s valuation now known, the ball is firmly in AS Roma&#8217;s court, and the Italian side are aware they will need to move quickly if they want to secure the Frenchman&#8217;s signature before other interested parties emerge. Roma finished third in Serie A last season and will play Champions League football again this term, a factor that could prove decisive in persuading Disasi that a move to the Italian capital represents the right next step in his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm md:text-(17px) leading-relaxed text-gray-700 mb-4 md:mb-5\"><span>Disasi joined Chelsea from Monaco in 2023 but has struggled to establish himself as a regular starter at Stamford Bridge, with loan spells away from the club, including a previous stint at Aston Villa, doing more for his development than his time in west London. A permanent exit now looks the most likely outcome, with Roma appearing well placed to take advantage of Chelsea&#8217;s willingness to sell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm md:text-(17px) leading-relaxed text-gray-700 mb-4 md:mb-5\"><span>The defender remains under contract with Chelsea until 2029, meaning the club is under no pressure to accept anything below its valuation, even with interest from a club playing continental football. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm md:text-(17px) leading-relaxed text-gray-700 mb-4 md:mb-5\"><span>For Roma, adding a physically imposing, experienced centre-back at a relatively modest fee would represent shrewd business as they look to strengthen their defensive options ahead of a demanding campaign that includes both domestic and European commitments.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Foot Marketthe Serie A club have approached Chelsea over the 28-year-old and have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20132","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\/20132","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=20132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}