CHELSEA defender Axel Disasi has revealed the reasoning behind his summer window snubbing of a loan move to West Ham.
fell out of favour under following the Italian’s arrival from Leicester ahead of last season.
Axel Disasi has opened up on his decision to snub summer interest from West Ham
Disasi also held interest from Bournemouth – but now remains in limbo at Chelsea
He spent the second half of last season on loan with ‘s after falling out of the manager’s plans in West London, and the expectation was that he would find himself a similar move in the summer.
The Frenchman ended up placed in Maresca’s , alongside stars such as , and , among others.
While many of the names in the group got their moves, Disasi seemed to scuttle his own chances when he turned down late approaches from and for his services.
But now, in an interview with French outlet La Media Carre , the French international has opened up on the emotional reasoning behind the decision.
He said: “In the period between the approaches from Bournemouth and West Ham, arrived and that hit me emotionally.
“I had three incredible years at Monaco. When they came in, all the memories came back. Monaco is home.
“I hoped that would find a solution to allow me to leave on loan. I pushed until the last minute to go to Monaco.”
He also referenced the of his teammate , who secured himself a spell with German champions .
That deal suffered and was after the injury of , but the recall of from his loan with allowed the deal to go ahead.
Not everyone deemed surplus to requirements at Chelsea was so lucky, with Sterling failing to get a move and now , , while Disasi now also remains in limbo at the club.
West Ham may have missed out on Disasi, but were able to instead bring in Brighton’s Igor Julio at the last minute, despite reports that the Brazilian was set for a medical at .
