Chelsea defender Axel Disasi has lifted the lid on life inside the club’s infamous ‘bomb squad’.
The Frenchman spent the second half of last season on loan at Aston Villa and is not part of Enzo Maresca’s plans at Stamford Bridge.
He is one of several senior players banished from first-team training while their futures are resolved.
On Friday night, Disasi took to Instagram and posted a string of pre-season snaps, captioning the upload simply: “Life.”
One photo offered a rare glimpse inside the so-called ‘bomb squad’ quarters – a small, bare room with wooden benches, two windows and an air-con unit bolted to the wall.
Stripped of any luxury, the space looked more non-league than Premier League, a far cry from the plush surroundings Chelsea’s stars are used to.
Plaques carrying the names of Ben Chilwell, Carney Chukwuemeka, Lesley Ugochukwu – since moved on to Burnley – and Disasi were fixed above the benches, confirming who the space belonged to.
More noticeable is Alfie Gilchrist, who is pictured looking dejected with his hands in this head in one corner.
The 21-year-old came through the Chelsea ranks before making his debut under Mauricio Pochettino in 2023.
He spent last season on loan at Sheffield United - but they did not make the deal permanenet.
Chelsea had 43 players report for pre-season - and some have dalready departed.
Raheem Sterling is one of nine players that Chelsea are looking to move on before the summer transfer window closes.
Sterling is coming off the back of a disappointing season on loan at Arsenal last season and still has two years remaining on his £325,000-a-week contract.
The Telegraph claim the player and the Blues would both prefer finding a 'permanent solution to his future' but another loan move is also a possibility.
And he is just one of a large group that the London club want to secure exits for in a end-of-window fire sale.
Chelsea are working on arranging sales or loans for Christopher Nkunku, Nicolas Jackson, Renato Veiga, Axel Disasi,, Carney Chukwuemeka, Ben Chilwell and potentially Tyrique George over the next two weeks.
There is also interest in Argentine defender Aaron Anselmino from clubs in Europe.
Chelsea believe they will have raised somewhere in the region of £300m in player sales once the window shuts, leaving their net spend close to zero.
Mcnero017
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if you don't do well at a club... you will be sold out!!! you obviously can't be wasting money on players that don't perform well at the club.
lightrex
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@lightrex you join because you believe in yourself
As a Liverpool fan, enjoy our Sterling, we enjoy Salah...May be Guehi next...keep developing our players
Hotdknosyz
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y do players join Chelsea knowing this!!!
@lightrex you join because you believe in yourself
rataclmpry
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Chalobah cn be sold if good offer come. Chelsea is having a lot of deffenters wth same level.
fesekorsyz
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I don't know why Chelsea sign Gittens?
Jumachelsea
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this is what it means you must take your job very seriously if you don't that's the way things goes if you perform poorly that is what you get at the end of the day you are getting paid a lot of money the club is right to do what it takes
roodeimors
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it's so annoying
lightrex
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y do players join Chelsea knowing this!!!
nukaelprt
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And you hear people making noise about Alexander isak. Let him go where he wants to be
INSPIROGUY22
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Allow the bro to go and be happy somewhere else
jadacdint
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Disasi can't you pay your release cluse and avoid Chelsea for God's sake!
Geebabs
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this is why we should not blame players if they make life unbearable for the club when they enter into the players net
bazbdimpu
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Tyrique is better Gittens and is improving.
tewacepry
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did Chelsea has bomb squad too
Theirs is the Atomic type
tewacepry
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They are more or less prisoners what are their so called agents doing about their situation.
Horphe
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did Chelsea has bomb squad too
😂😂😂😂😂
TrevorR
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This is sad, a player came in happily and unfortunately this is the sad end to the happy arrival. Football is truly business at the end of the day
NanbalRaphael
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But left to me I will like Disasi back, cause the guy is always fit, unlike them Fofana, Chalobah, James, Gusto, Badiashile even Colwill and Tosin are not assurance like that. Disasi was out once since coming to Chelsea FC cause of fatigue fitness and was back the next week.
olubukolaemmanuel
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did Chelsea has bomb squad too
if you know what bomb squad mean,you don't need to ask
zitekmop
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Hahaha 😂
Mitchello2
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This is so sad. No one should ever blame players who try to force their transfer from clubs
Jomaemnprs
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did Chelsea has bomb squad too
Wiseman5000
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so sad seeing this