Journalist: Premier League club make “formal” approach for Chelsea duo, deal could be worth £45m

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·13 August 2025

Journalist: Premier League club make “formal” approach for Chelsea duo, deal could be worth £45m

Wolves have made a formal approach to sign Chelsea duo Axel Disasi and David Datro Fofana according to journalist Sebastien Vidal.

The Blues have been busy this summer, and have made four signings in Jorrel Hato, Liam Delap, Joao Pedro and Jamie Gittens.

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Chelsea continue to work on deals for both Xavi Simons and Alejandro Garnacho and hope to get them done before the end of the window.

Wolves in for Disasi and Datro Fofana

However, the focus currently is on outgoings with Chelsea still looking to move a number of players on despite making good progress on players sales.

The Blues have sold Lesley Ugochukwu, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Armando Broja this month, but they still need to find solutions for more players.

Disasi spent the second half of last season on loan at Aston Villa. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Disasi and Datro Fofana fall into that category, but the duo have attracted interested from a number of clubs, although as of yet no official offers have come in.

Datro Fofana has been linked with French sides Toulouse and Nice as well as Wolves, whilst Disasi has been linked with Juventus and Newcastle, although a move to the North East would appear unlikely now the Magpies have signed Malick Thiaw.

However, Vidal has provided an update on the situation and there seems a possibility the duo could be playing for Wolves next season.

He took to X.com and said:

“Wolves have made a formal approach to sign Chelsea duo Axel Disasi & David Datro Fofana.

Chelsea could make profit on Datro Fofana

The Blues look likely to make a loss on Disasi given they signed the Frenchman in a deal worth just under £39m from Monaco in the summer of 2023.

However, if they could recoup as much as £25-£30m that would be seen as a good result, but £15m for Datro Fofana would represent a profit on the £8-£10m fee they paid for the striker in January 2023.

Datro Fofana has only made four appearances for the Blues, and has taken in loan spells at Hertha Berlin, Burnley and Turkish side Goztepe.