Simon Johnson says he knows Chelsea’s immediate plan for Mamadou Sarr

The Athletic journalist Simon Johnson says he knows what Chelsea’s immediate plans for Mamadou Sarr is after recalling him from loan.

The centre back returned from loan at Strasbourg, ending that early, to come in to Chelsea’s squad. It appeared to be a decision that they made after not managing to sign Jeremy Jacquet from Rennes in the winter window.

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So you’d expect that by Sarr coming back in to the Chelsea team, that he will be used quite frequently going forward. But will that be the case?

Johnson explains the plans

Mamadou Sarr on the ball. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Johnson wrote in the latest Athletic article:

‘Mamadou Sarr will compete for a 1st team spot from the get-go. He is highly rated at the club and is admired by Liam Rosenior. Chelsea see him as a similar profile to Dean Huijsen, who they tried to sign last summer.’

And apparently, Chelsea feel fine about missing out on Jacquet as well, due to the fact they have Sarr back in and also rate Josh Acheampong highly. Maybe try using the latter a bit more then, no?

The Blues spent the majority of the window trying to sign the France under-21 international, but Jacquet opted to join Liverpool instead.

Let’s hope Sarr actually plays then

Acheampong isn’t really getting much game time, so let’s hope Sarr does. Although, with Sarr coming in, that will surely now take away even more game time from Acheampong?

If Sarr is as good as they think he is then he will surely be coming in and nailing down a regular starting role within the first team.

I rate the player too and think he’s very good. Ideally though, I’d have liked to have seen him stay at Strasbourg for the rest of this season to keep developing.