ASM hold Badiashile’s replacement
Looking for a defender to replace Badiashile transferred to Chelsea, theAS Monaco reportedly has its sights on a Brugge player in Belgium.
AS Monaco couldn’t resist the big check from Chelsea and gave in to him Benoit Badiashile, this winter. The French central defender was transferred to the Blues for an amount of €38 million. To replace the Habs in Philippe Clément’s team, theASM explore everywhere. And recruiters from the Principality club checked off the name of Abakar Sylla (20) on their notebook, according to information from The Team. “Always eager to find potential, Monegasque leaders are put on their Abakar Sylla list”informed the sports daily on Thursday.
The defender targeted by AS Monaco is a young player with great potential. He joined Club Brugge in the summer of 2021, coming from Ivory Coast, his native country. But he didn’t take long to establish himself in the team coached by Briton Scott Parker.
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This season, Abakar Sylla started 9 times in 10 appearances in the Jupiler Pro League and played 5 matches in the group stage of the Champions League. Despite his young age, the AS Monaco target is already a crack at Les Gazelles, as the sports daily rightly pointed out: “The Ivorian left-hander is an important element of Club Brugge this season. Former coach of the professional team of the Belgian club (May 2019 to January 2022), Philippe Clement did not manage Abakar Sylla in the first team, because the latter was still with the reserve. He made his first appearance in the first team in May 2022, when the Belgian technician had already joined AS Monaco in January 2022. However, Clément would have validated the profile of the Ivorian.