Chelsea made sure that on the morning of January 1 – they greeted their fans with good news. Under the blue New Year’s tree, elegantly wrapped, was Benoit Badiashile. The central defender of Monaco is the first reinforcement of the Stamford Bridge club this year, according to well-informed Athletic.According to their information, the deal has been concluded, all that remains is for the medical examinations to be performed, and for Badiashile to pen the contract. Monaco will earn 37,000,000 euros in compensation. Now, whether is it a lot for a 21-year-old ‘boy’ or not, who went through Monaco youth academy, and made two appearances for the French national team, remains to be seen.##NAJAVA_MECA_6916454##Monaco also had offers for Badiashile this summer, Leverkusen offered 20,000,000 euros, but the French refused. They were patient, they believed in the player, that his price would rise and now, they got almost twice as much.Badiashile was born in Limoges, joined the Monaco academy when he was 15 years old and had a football rise from the books. He reached the first team, made his debut in November 2018 and has so far made 135 appearances for the A squad of the red and whites.But Chelsea did not stop there. Andrey Santos, Vasco da Gama’s young midfielder, is spending New Year’s holidays in London.Chelsea are where they don’t want to be and a ‘walk trough the forest’ could take them to a better placeIt was known for a while now that Chelsea would be his next stop, only formal confirmation of that transfer was awaited, and it should arrive in the next day or two. The very fact that Santos is with his entire family in the capital of Great Britain says enough that the matter is closed.Benoit Badiashile and Andrey Santos will become new Chelsea players during the winter transfer window, and Datro Fofana, bought from Norwegian Molde for 12,000,000 euros, signed his loyalty to the Blues from London before the two.
