Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos is in talks to join Strasbourg on loan until the end of the season.
The 19-year-old returned from Nottingham Forest at the beginning of January and is now contemplating moving to France until the summer.
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The Brazilian international, national team, has recently participated with his national team in a pre-Olympic qualification tournament.
But it’s possible that he’ll simply sign up for sister club Chelsea, a component of the multi-club network owned by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital under the BlueCo umbrella.
Santos would be the second player to join the Ligue 1 club from Chelsea since BlueCo’s takeover, with winger Angelo Gabriel having made the switch in the summer and become a regular under manager Patrick Vieira.
Vieira is in a position to welcome Santos through the final months of the season and also needs some other winger to walk through the door before the deadline.
Laurence Stewart, the co-sporting director of Chelsea, is across Strasbourg’s recruitment strategy but it is led by club staff in France.