I Didn’t Want To Join Chelsea For The Sake Of It – Elye Wahi

Young striker, Elye Wahi has come out to explain why he ignored a move to Chelsea. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he did not want to make a move for the sake of it, and he was even closer to joining Frankfurt than the Blues in the summer.

Elye added that he ended up joining RC Lens in the end, and he does not have any regrets.

His words, “Chelsea – I didn’t want to go there just for the sake of it. Frankfurt was close, more so than Chelsea. I spoke with the manager there (Dino Toppmöller). He speaks French and that was important for me. They had to wait for Randal Kolo Muani’s departure and waiting for it was too complicated. I don’t have any regrets.”

WOW.

Sepe Elye Wahi (born 2 January 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Lens.

While a youth player at Caen, Wahi made headlines for scoring 89 goals in the 2016–17 season as an under-14 and under-15 player.

Born in France, Wahi is of Ivorian descent. He is a youth international for France. He had a single cap with France U17, where he played against Italy U17 on 3 December 2019. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.

In October 2021, a 22-year old woman filed a legal complaint against Wahi for violence that resulted in her being incapable to work. She claimed that he had punched her in the nose during an evening out at the L’Entrepôt nightclub in Lattes, Hérault, on the night of 12–13 September a month earlier.