Earlier this week, Hammers News brought you the news that Axel Disasi’s loan move at West Ham United is not necessarily a precursor to a permanent arrangement.
Indeed, Hammers News understands that Disasi’s long-term future remains uncertain even if West Ham United do manage to stay in the Premier League this season.
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The Frenchman has enjoyed a fine start to life here in east London, aside from scoring an unlucky own goal in Saturday’s 5-2 defeat to Liverpool.
Disasi certainly looks at home in claret and blue but Chelsea have other ideas in mind.
Chelsea just hoping Axel Disasi raises his market value amid uncertain long-term future
According to The Athletic, Chelsea in fact insisted that there would not be an option to buy the player included in his loan deal.
The Blues were against selling the 27-year-old in January because they wanted him to raise his value elsewhere.
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Having not played since April, the former Monaco defender’s market value would surely have been an all-time low prior to his move to east London.
As such, it makes financial sense to allow him to put himself in the shop window elsewhere and thereby raise his value.
Though there’s certainly still a lot of football to be played, Disasi is certainly doing that.
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AC Milan have been interested in Axel Disasi before
AC Milan tried to sign Disasi before he joined West Ham, so perhaps they could return to the table this summer when he’s available once again.
Few will care about Chelsea’s reasoning for sending Disasi to West Ham if the defender helps them stay up, of course.
However, if he does raise his market value to the point where West Ham cannot afford to buy him even if they do stay up, it would be an ironic twist.
Clearly, the current focus from Disasi will be hoping that West Ham stay up. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens after that, however.
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