Axel Disasi's Chelsea future remains up in the air following a transfer twist on deadline day. Struggling for regular minutes under Enzo Maresca at this season, the Frenchman may soon be playing his football elsewhere in what remains of the campaign.

Heavily linked with a move to Aston Villa, Tottenham had held talks with the Blues over a loan move for the 26-year-old. However, football.london understands that .

Spurs technical director will have other names on his list as he looks to strengthen at centre-back and further opportunities could arise prior to Monday's 11pm deadline. The news regarding a potential switch to Tottenham falling through does raise question marks over what comes next for .

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Reports had suggested that the versatile defender had turned down a Tottenham move as he instead prefers a transfer to Aston Villa. A switch to Villa Park is certainly appealing to the player as Unai Emery's side can offer him Champions League football and an increase in playing time following his Chelsea woes this term.

The fact that the Blues and Aston Villa are both competing for a top-four finish, though, throws a real spanner in the works for Disasi. Chelsea may be very reluctant to let him go to a rival club in the battle for a Champions League place as that could potentially prove rather costly come May.

as he will now wait patiently for his future to be resolved one way or another. The Gonesse-born player has made 17 appearances for Chelsea in the 2024/25 campaign, with only six of those coming in the Premier League.

The vast majority of his minutes have come in the Europa Conference League this term after starting six of their league phase games and also their two qualifiers back in August. Very much one of the more experienced players in Maresca's team in Europe, Disasi has taken on the captain's armband in four of their six league phase fixtures.

, the majority of the defender's football will once again come in cup football as Trevoh Chalobah has also jumped ahead of him in the pecking order after his loan return from Crystal Palace. Aston Villa remain interested in Disasi but it will all come down to whether Chelsea elect to sanction a move to a rival club.

If not, Disasi may have to wait until the summer to get his preferred move after a real lack of minutes at Stamford Bridge this season.