Everton eyeing a swoop for Chelsea defender Malang Sarr: Good move by Rafael Benitez?

The
Toffees
have
also
been
linked
with
cash-strapped
Barcelona
for
Samuel
Umtiti.
However,
the
Frenchman’s
enormous
wages
has
presented
an
obvious
hurdle.
To
that
end,
Sarr
has
emerged
as
a
cut-price
option
whose
Chelsea
future
looks
nothing
but
bleak.

Sarr’s
Chelsea
career
so
far

Having
arrived
at
the
west
London
club
last
summer
from
OGC
Nice
as
a
free
agent,
the
young
defender
did
not
even
touch
the
ball
and
immediately
was
sent
out
on
loan
to
Portuguese
giants
FC
Porto.
The
22-year-old
has
had
a
great
career
at
Nice,
racking
up
nearly
120
appearances
for
the
Ligue
1
outfit,
scoring
and
assisting
three
goals.
However,
at
Porto,
he
could
not
repeat
the
performance
and
managed
just
19
first-team
appearances
while
even
featuring
eight
times
for
their
B
team
as
well.

Since
returning
from
the
loan
he
has
not
played
any
part
in
any
of
Chelsea’s
games
so
far.
With
Cesar
Azpilicueta,
Thiago
Silva,
Antonio
Rudiger,
Andreas
Christensen,
Kurt
Zouma
and
even
Trevoh
Chalobah
ahead
of
him
in
the
pecking
order,
he
doesn’t
look
to
be
not
in
manager
Thomas
Tuchel’s
plans
any
time
soon.

Clubs
linked

Everton
however
are
not
the
only
club
linked
with
the
defender.
Serie
A
side
Bologna
too
have
shown
interest
in
him
and
reportedly
have
already
made
contact
with
the
West
London
side
while
Eintracht
Frankfurt
are
also
believed
to
be
waiting
in
the
queue.

Transfer
Fee

The
French
defender
has
four
years
remaining
in
his
deal
and
Chelsea
are
not
expecting
any
permanent
move
for
him
this
summer.
He
is
likely
to
be
sent
on
loan
again
but
an
obligation
to
buy
term
could
be
inserted
in
the
deal.

Should
Everton
get
him?

Everton
have
made
an
unbeaten
start
to
the
new
season
under
Rafael
Benitez
but
has
shipped
in
three
goals
in
the
process.
They
need
to
be
more
solid
in
the
back
and
adding
a
potent
talent
like
Sarr
would
definitely
be
a
welcome
addition.
Moreover
with
concern
over
defender
Yerry
Mina’s
future
adding
another
centre-back
would
serve
the
Merseysiders
well.