With the sheer volume of signings Chelsea have made over the past four years or so, there is an inevitability that some would fall by the wayside. It is not possible to make room for everyone. 

There have been a number of players shipped out all across the globe after falling down the pecking order, but there have been some players who stayed longer than anticipated. 

Two senior players who fall under this bracket are Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi. Both players had loans last season - to Arsenal and Aston Villa respectively - but started the 25/26 season back at Chelsea, with zero future in the first team. 

Earlier this week, a solution was found for Sterling, with the 31-year-old officially leaving the club by mutual consent, three and a half years into his five-year contract. 

There is now a solution for Disasi as well. According to Fabrizio Romano, the French defender is set to join fellow London club West Ham United on loan until the end of the season. 

He states that although there were links to Italian sides, that sort of deal was never on, and West Ham are accelerating in a deal to sign the player, with talks at final stages before being completed. 

Fair play to him for wanting to go and get some games. The 27-year old was part of the French national team for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, starting once and making two other substitute appearances, including in the final. 

So, with the World Cup a few months away, why not make your way in? The odds are stacked against him, but he certainly gives himself a better chance by going out and playing games. 

The situation for Disasi at Chelsea did not seem as terminal as it did with Sterling, it should be said. He was at least training with the first team at times, unlike his counterpart. 

Furthermore, this is not a permanent exit. It's just a loan, which is not being reported as anything other than a dry loan (no option nor obligation), so we can expect him to be back at Chelsea in the summer, where he will still have three years remaining on his current contract. 

Realistically, a future in West London is highly improbable, but there will have to be further developments in the future for his time at the club to permanently end. 

Good luck to him across the capital.

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