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Chelsea defender Axel Disasi attracting interest from France and Italy as he weighs up future at the club

Chelsea defender Axel Disasi is attracting interest from France and Italy as he considers his future.

The 25-year-old joined from Monaco a year ago for £38.5m but is now one of five centre-backs at Chelsea.

Disasi was named in the Blues squad for the first time this pre-season for Sunday's 1-1 draw with Inter Milan but remained an unused substitute.

He had previously been recovering from hernia surgery, which he underwent earlier in the summer.

Speaking ahead of the game, he said: ‘I am back on the pitch, not fully, but I’m close,’ he explains to us out in the USA.