Chelsea and Axel Disasi have reached an agreement for the defender to leave the club permanently this summer, closing the book on what has been a quietly expensive misfire in west London.
Disasi, who arrived at Stamford Bridge from AS Monaco in August 2023 for £38.6 million on a six-year contract, never managed to cement a regular starting role. Two consecutive loan spells later, Chelsea is cutting its losses.
From Monaco to the margins
After limited first-team exposure following his 2023 arrival, Disasi was loaned to Aston Villa in February 2025. That stint didn’t produce a permanent move, and by January 2026, he was shipped out again, this time to West Ham United.
His time at West Ham reportedly went well enough. He made a solid impression in east London. But the loan concluded in May 2026 without West Ham exercising any option to buy, leaving Disasi back in Chelsea’s squad on paper but clearly not in their plans.
