Chelsea 'tear up contract' of forgotten man who played eight league games in four years for £100,000 a week
Chelsea defender Malang Sarr has been released by the club, according to reports.
The 25-year-old arrived at Stamford Bridge as a free agent following the end of his Nice contract in 2020, signing a five-year deal.
That included salaries of £100,000 a week..
Sarr spent his first season on loan at Portbefore signing for Monaco on a one-year contract.
He has played only 21 games for Chelseaeight of them in the Premier League, earning a whopping £20.8m in the process, but is now reported to be heading for the exit.
According The teamSarr is expected to join Ligue 1 side Lens.
He had one year left on his contract with Chelsea.
However, it now appears he is set to leave as a free agent.
Monaco He had been given an option to buy when Sarr was loaned there in the 2022/23 season, but the French side decided not to go ahead with it.
A supposed move to Le Havre in January fell through, with the French club's director Mathieu Bodmer blaming Chelsea for the deal failing.
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At the time, he said: “What Chelsea did to Malang Sarr was disgraceful. With only a few details left to sort out, they did a U-turn. The youngster was given the all-clear to travel and a financial settlement was reached for the 18 months remaining on his Chelsea contract.
“However, they repeatedly backed out of their agreement and then re-granted it. And once the player had agreed to make a huge effort, to come to us on a minimum wage, just to play football, they blocked him.
“Everything was fine, even the contract had been submitted to the league, but we never received the cancellation from Chelsea. In the end, they just told him he wouldn’t leave and didn’t even answer the phone.”
The athletic A source close to Sarr was also reported to have said they had “never seen him so low” after the deal failed to materialise.
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Meanwhile, talkSPORT has learned that Chelsea have decided to leave. Trevoh Chalobah at home during the first team's pre-season tour of the USA.
The defender is one of the stars of the The Blues are willing to sell This summer amid the interest of crystal Palace.
Another local talent, Conor GallagherIt has also been linked to moving forward This summer, with talkSPORT reporting Atletico Madrid are interested in the midfielder earlier this month.
Chelsea will face Wrexham, Celtic America club, Manchester City and real Madrid in pre-season before facing the reigning Premier League champions in their opening game of the season.
