Chelsea’s sister club Strasbourg have reached an agreement to sign Valentin Barco.
Barco joined Brighton in January 2024 and was touted as a wonderkid at the time from Boca Juniors but struggled due to his lack of physicality and height.
Barco has spent recent times at Sevilla and will now join Strasbourg for a fee of around 10m euros.
We always have to keep an eye on Strasbourg signings as Chelsea own a majority stake in the club so Barco could be a potential future Chelsea signing, should he do well.
🔵🇦🇷 ValentÃn ‘Colo’ Barco to Strasbourg from Brighton, all details fixed and here we go!
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 31, 2025
Transfer fee close to €10m, loan with an obligation-to-buy clause and 10% sell-on clsude as he will be BlueCo group player.
Medical tomorrow in London, then on Sunday in Strasbourg. pic.twitter.com/uBmeV0rwDi