Sarr pockets £120,000 a week (Spotrac), which is a lot for someone not contributing to the team right now.

The 25-year-old joined Chelsea from Nice on a free transfer back in 2020.

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Anderlecht make Chelsea defender Malang Sarr a priority

Anderlecht could be about to offer Sarr a way out of Chelsea and that is exactly what the Frenchman needs. He is absolutely nowhere near the first-team picture at Stamford Bridge and that will not change any time soon.

Thiago Silva, Axel Disasi, Benoit Badiashile and Levi Colwill are all ahead of him in the pecking order. When Trevoh Chalobah returns to full fitness, providing that he stays in west London, and Wesley Fofana as well, those are a couple of more names who will be above the former Nice man.

All in all, Sarr is not winning by remaining at Chelsea, and neither are the Blues. As highlighted earlier, he is taking so much money home despite not even being a first-team player under Mauricio Pochettino.

Chelsea will struggle to get Anderlecht to pay Sarr’s full wages — they are simply too high — but maybe they can work something out where they only cover some of it.

The club will be hoping, though, that they can just offload Sarr and all of his wages for good. He is costing them a fortune and does not look to have any sort of future at Stamford Bridge. It would work for everyone if Anderlecht came and took him away.