Age 19 Mamadou Sarr, a French defender from partner club Strasbourg is expected to join Chelsea
The 19-year-old center defender Mamadou Sarr who has only made 14 appearances for Strasbourg, is being acquired for £11.9 million with the intention of joining in the summer. It is the first permanent move from Todd Boehly’s clubs, Clearlake Capital, and Strasbourg to Stamford Bridge under the BlueCo banner.
Ligue 1 Strasbourg, who only paid £8.5 million to recruit Sarr from Lyon in the summer, will make a quick £3.4 million profit.
Who is Chelsea’s Mamadou Sarr, bio, age, height, parents, dad, nationality, religion, position, transfer fee and stats
The Blues have agreed a deal for the 19-year-old defender, who will cost in the region of €13m to €15m (£11m-£13m).
Sarr only made the move to Strasbourg from Lyon back in August last year but the Blues have already seen enough to be convinced that he can play in the Premier League but teenager won’t make the switch to Stamford Bridge straight away though as he will stay at Strasbourg until the end of the season before joining up with his new team.
Because the deal was pre-arranged, Strasbourg is not forced to cut any of its three loanees, midfielder Andrey Santos, left-back Caleb Wiley, or goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic due to FIFA’s regulations. Dastan Satpaev, a 16-year-old Kazakh who recently finished a successful trial at Cobham Training Centre, has also signed a contract with Chelsea.
Mamadou Sarr was born on 29 August 2005 and is 1.95m tall. Pape Sarr, a former Senegalese international footballer, is his father. While his father was playing for Istres, Mamadou was born in Martigues. Following his father, who worked largely in Lens, Sarr who is a Muslim by religion spent the majority of his early years in Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
The centre-half was born in France to parents of Senegalese descent and he came through the youth ranks of ES Saint-Laurent-Blangy and Lens before joining Lyon on a free transfer in 2018.
First name Mamadou Last name Sarr Nationality France Date of birth 29 August 2005 Age19 Country of birth France Place of birth Martigues Position Defender Height194 cm Weight77 kg Foot Right
Sarr joined Lens, where his father played, after starting his football career with Étoile Sportive de Saint-Laurent-Blangy.
At just 16 years old, he made a name for himself as a starter for the Les Gones under-19 squad during the 2021–22 season. Alongside players like Hugo Vogel and Mohamed El Arouch, he therefore contributes significantly to Lyon’s victory in the Coupe Gambardella. He scored against Troyes in the semi-final and Strasbourg in the quarterfinals.
Mamadou Sarr career
He developed at Olympique Lyonnais, where he won the 2022 Coupe Gambardella with the club, but never had the chance to play for the first team. Instead, he was loaned to Molenbeek in Belgium but it was at Strasbourg, where he arrived this season, that he truly made a significant leap in his career, becoming a key figure in the Alsace defense.
Mamadou Sarr replaced Maxence Caqueret in the 83rd minute of Lyon’s 3–0 Ligue 1 victory over Reims, marking his professional debut.
So this is Mamadou Sarr – Chelsea's latest center-back acquisition. Standing tall at 6'5, he's very aggressive off the ball. Good recovery pace, too. Those are the standout traits from the highlights. pic.twitter.com/TrQrri3Teq
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Sarr moved on loan to RWD Molenbeek in Belgium on January 18, 2024, and stayed there until the 2023–2024 season ended. He signed a five-year contract with Ligue 1 rival Strasbourg on August 22, 2024, for a €10 million transfer fee.
Although he was eligible to play for Senegal, Sarr made France his first youth team selection, even winning the captain’s armband multiple times with the under-17 squad. He was chosen to play for France in the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, which was held in Israel in April of that year.