Roma Make Contact With Chelsea Over Axel Disasi Transfer

What’s moved: Roma have made contact with both Chelsea and defender Axel Disasi over a potential transfer, as reported by Football Italia, citing Footmercato in France. Chelsea are understood to be seeking €20m for the French centre-back.

Source tier: Football Italia (tier 3), drawing on Footmercato. First mention of this link — filed under speculative at this stage.

The shape of it: Contact has been established on both fronts — with the club and the player — which represents concrete interest rather than background noise. No fee has been agreed, no personal terms have been reported, and Chelsea’s stated valuation of €20m means there is a clear gap to bridge before this progresses further. At a probability of 25%, this sits comfortably in the early interest band.

What’s left before the next stage: Roma would need to submit a formal offer or move closer to Chelsea’s asking price for talks to be considered open in any meaningful sense. A response from Chelsea — or any indication that Disasi himself is pushing for the move — would be the markers to watch.

Socceroos implication: Disasi holds French nationality and has no current Socceroos tie, so there is no immediate Australian national-team angle on this one.

As this is the opening card on this thread, there is no prior stage to reference.