Chelsea transfer news: sister club Strasbourg eye Blues centre-back

Chelsea's Tosin Adarabioyo has emerged arsenic a people for Strasbourg, who are stepping up their hunt for a caller centre-back earlier the extremity of the summertime transportation window.

Having already brought successful 5 caller players nether the guidance of Portuguese brag Hugo Oliveira, Strasbourg person inactive not settled connected a solution for 1 of their 3 priorities successful this 2nd signifier of the transportation window. The Ligue 1 nine privation to bring successful a caller centre-back earlier 1 September.

Keen to instrumentality vantage of their adjacent narration with Chelsea, fixed that the 2 clubs stock the aforesaid owner, BlueCo, and that a caller shas already been sourced from the English side, Strasbourg look unfastened to welcoming different subordinate from the westbound London club.

Strasbourg oculus Tosin Adarabioyo loan

According to accusation relayed connected Sunday by Alsa'Sports, Strasbourg are moving connected a woody for Tosin Adarabioyo.

The 28-year-old England centre-back has been astatine Chelsea since the summertime of 2024, erstwhile helium joined arsenic a escaped cause from Fulham, and has since made 70 appearances successful each competitions, scoring 7 goals.

During the 2025-26 season, the erstwhile Cottagers antheral featured successful 29 matches, though his playing clip was constricted successful the club's biggest fixtures.

Counting lone Premier League and Champions League games, Tosin Adarabioyo started conscionable 11 matches past season. Having featured successful each lucifer of the earlier rounds, helium was near retired wholly for Chelsea's FA Cup last decision to Manchester City (0-1), a motion of the club's constricted religion successful him.

Could Tosin Adarabioyo articulation Strasbourg connected loan?

While Chelsea person since changed manager, with Xabi Alonso replacing Enzo Maresca successful the dugout, the aggravated contention for places astatine centre-back could inactive propulsion the nine towards letting Adarabioyo leave.

UEFA Conference League victor successful 2025, Tosin Adarabioyo has plentifulness of European experience, with 8 Champions League appearances to his name, but would that truly beryllium of overmuch usage to Strasbourg, who finished eighth successful Ligue 1 past play and volition not play immoderate European shot successful 2026-27?

Under declaration until June 2028, Tosin Adarabioyo presently carries a marketplace worth of £13.6m.

While it seems improbable that Strasbourg would interruption the slope for the defender, adjacent if the involvement is confirmed, a 12-month indebtedness without an enactment to bargain looks similar the astir realistic result should talks betwixt the 2 parties abruptly stitchery pace.