Chelsea transfer news: Serie A heavyweights 'explore' deal for out-of-favour Benoit Badiashile

By Ben Sully | 08 Aug 2026 00:36

Serie A giants Napoli are reportedly exploring a woody for Chelsea defender Benoit Badiashile.

The Frenchman is acceptable to permission arsenic portion of an effort to offload defenders who person been deemed surplus to requirements pursuing Maxence Lacroix's arrival.

Trevoh Chalobah is nearing a move to Cesc Fabregas's Como, portion Axel Disasi is waiting to decide whether to instrumentality to West Ham pursuing past season's indebtedness spell.

Meanwhile, Badiashile has emerged arsenic a superior people for Napoli, who are preparing for their archetypal play nether experienced coach Massimiliano Allegri.

Napoli eyeing Badiashile

According to Sky Sports News, the Italian broadside are exploring a determination for the French defender, with their penchant to motion him connected an archetypal indebtedness deal. 

Chelsea are seemingly keen to offload Badiashile connected a imperishable transfer, though determination is simply a proposition they could compromise connected a indebtedness exit if it includes an obligation-to-buy clause.

The update besides claims that Napoli are considering erstwhile West Ham United defender Nayef Aguerd arsenic a imaginable alternative. 

However, they whitethorn person to enactment each of their efforts into recruiting Badiashile, with Aguerd acceptable to articulation La Liga Real Sociedad. 

Chelsea defender successful request of caller start

Badiashile arrived with plentifulness of committedness and anticipation erstwhile helium completed a £33m determination to Chelsea from Monaco successful January 2023.

However, helium has failed to unrecorded up to the aboriginal billing, with a deficiency of consistency costing him a regular spot successful the Chelsea side.

At the property of 25, Badiashile inactive has plentifulness of clip to get his vocation backmost connected track, but helium needs to beryllium playing regularly if helium is to person immoderate accidental of surviving up to the imaginable helium showed during his clip astatine Monaco. 

A determination to Napoli represents the accidental for him to play successful the Champions League adjacent play and enactment with a pragmatic but experienced manager successful Allegri, who volition apt look to usage Badiashile successful a backmost three.