News on one potential transfer target, Alex Disasi, long linked with a loan move to West Ham.
Although West Ham have long admired the defender, he rejected the chance to sign for them in the previous window, opting instead to remain at Chelsea—where he failed to even make the squad. Sadly – depending on your opinion of the defender – he now looks unlikely to join West Ham in the January window.
Reports at the time suggested a £5m loan deal had been agreed, with West Ham covering his wages. However, Disasi only wanted a return to his former club, AC Monaco, and also turned down interest from Bournemouth.
For better or worse, West Ham subsequently switched focus to Brighton’s Igor Julio.
Standing at 6ft 3in, Disasi has made just 37 appearances for Chelsea since his £38.5m move in 2023. A loan spell at Aston Villa in February 2025 was cut short by injury, limiting him to only seven games.
Despite his struggles, the Frenchman remains admired by several clubs, including Arsenal and West Ham. Yet it is Olympique Lyon who appear to be leading the race, having opened a new round of talks with Chelsea and edging closer to a loan agreement, dependent on Disasi proving his fitness.
From my perspective, while Disasi possesses the qualities to become a top player, any footballer who turns down regular Premier League action at the peak of his career and ends up sidelined for six months is not the kind of signing I’d want at West Ham.
Disasi is nicknamed Disaster by Chelsea fans, bang average and prone to mistakes there is a reason why they can’t loan him out because he isn’t worth the cost. Every window he is linked with multiple clubs which suggests his agent working hard to get him noticed yet nobody follows through with the alleged interest.
Please no he is worse than Kilman and many of my Chelski supporting friends and Brother would happily let us have him for free he is that bad they say.
Agreed, Matt, steer well clear and we shouldn’t entertain anyone who only comes for the money and thinks West Ham are a “stepping stone”.
In addition, the West Ham infirmary is now full and not accepting new patients…..
There’s an idea that goes around that only West Ham make transfer mistakes. 39 million is Kilman money and its arguable we’ve got far more value out of Max. It is unfortunate but these days what we consider a ‘big’ fee buys what is nothing more than a squad filler at the monied clubs.