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Benoît Badiashile arrives at Chelsea

It was expected, it's now official.

Benoît Badiashile is now a Chelsea player.

It was the London club that announced the news on Thursday afternoon.

The amount of the transfer would amount to nearly 43M€ according to the indiscretions revealed by Fabrizio Romano.

Aged 21, the promising central defender therefore leaves AS Monaco five years after signing his first professional contract.

With the Rocher club, he played 135 matches (6 goals).

The tricolor international (2 selections) is committed to the long term since he signed a contract binding him to the Blues until 2030.

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," Blaugrana president Joan Laporta told

.

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, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner is not yet allowed to defend the colors of his new team.

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