Chelsea cruised to a well-deserved 3-0 victory over rivals West Ham United at The London Stadium on Saturday. 

Striker Nicolas Jackson scored twice early on to place the guests in management, earlier than establishing Cole Palmer for the Blues’ third.

The end result strikes Chelsea – quickly at the least – as much as second within the Premier League desk, and Maresca might be largely happy along with his aspect’s begin to the season.

After a busy summer time switch window, the Italian seems to have taken little or no time to get his aspect enjoying as a cohesive unit.

The likes of Joao Felix and Jadon Sancho arrived at Stamford Bridge throughout the summer time, whereas Conor Gallagher and Trevoh Chalobah had been amongst these to depart.

Now, it seems that these in control of the membership have decided on the way forward for one among their defenders.

In keeping with Spanish outlet Fichajes through Sports activities Mole, the Blues have determined that centre-back Axel Disasi may be bought when the switch window reopens in January.

The Frenchman joined Chelsea from Ligue 1 aspect Monaco final summer time and featured 44 instances throughout his debut season beneath Mauricio Pochettino.

Disasi, 26, has fallen out of favour because the arrival of Enzo Maresca, although, and has featured simply as soon as within the Premier League this time period.

His solely Premier League appearances of the marketing campaign thus far got here towards Bournemouth and West Ham, each instances getting used as a makeshift right-back within the absence of each Reece James and Malo Gusto.

Disasi’s present contract with the Blues is about to run till the top of the 2028/29 marketing campaign, however it seems more and more seemingly that he’ll depart Stamford Bridge previous to then.

The five-time France worldwide is at present behind the likes of Wesley Fofana and Levi Colwill within the pecking order of central defenders at Stamford Bridge.