Chelsea na kusa da cimma yarjejeniyar siyan mai tsaron Crystal Palace Maxence Lacroix, bayan ƙungiyoyin biyu na Landan sun cimma yarjejeniya a kan kasuwar da ake kiyasta ta kai kusan £60m.

An gudanar da tattaunawar canjin a matakin mallakar ƙungiyoyin biyu, kuma ba a yi imanin cewa sharuddan sirri za kwangilar matsala ne. Ana sa ran Lacroix ya yi gwajin lafiya a cikin awanni 24 masu zuwa, kafin sanya hannu kan kwantiragin dogon lokaci wanda zai ƙare a shekara ta 2032.

Dan wasa da ya tabbatar da iyawarsa a Premier League

Ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na France mai shekara 26 ya zama ginshiƙi a tsaron Crystal Palace a ƙarƙashin manaja Oliver Glasner, inda ya yi fitowa 55 a duk gasa a kakar da ta gabata. Ya kasance cikin muhimman 'yan wasa a nasarar tarihi ta Crystal Palace a Uefa Conference League — kofin Turai na farko na muhimmanci a tarihin ƙungiyar — kuma ya halarci cin su Community Shield akan Liverpool.

Lacroix ya ƙara ƙarfafa sunansa a FIFA World Cup 2026, inda aka saka shi cikin tawagar France kuma ya buga wasanni uku a gasar. Ya fara wasan neman matsayi na uku da England, yayin da France ta ƙare gasar a matsayi na huɗu.

Crystal Palace sun saya Lacroix daga ƙungiyar Bundesliga Wolfsburg a watan Agusta 2024 da farko farko na £15.5m, tare da ƙarin abin da ya kai £2.6m a matsayin ƙarin kuɗi. A ƙasa da shekaru biyu, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi daidaitaccen masu kula da tsakiya a Premier League — tashin hankali mai ban mamaki wanda Chelsea yanzu suna shirye su biya kuɗi mai yawa don samun sa.

Dalilin da ya sa Lacroix ya dace da Chelsea

Ƙididdiga na aikin ɗan ƙasar France na ƙasa da ƙasa ya zana hoto mai ban sha'awa. A lokacin kakar 2025-26 ta Premier League, Lacroix shi ne kaɗai ɗan wasa a gasar da ya yi rijistar aƙalla tackles 50 (60), duels 200 da aka ci (204), da clearances 250 (252) a cikin kakar ɗaya.

Da tsawon ƙafa 6 da inci 4, Lacroix yana haɗa ƙarfin iska mai ƙarfi tare da gudu na musamman na dawo wa ƙwallo. Tun bayan isowa daga Wolfsburg, ya kasance cikin mafi sauri masu tsaron tsakiya guda biyar a Premier League, inda ya kai saurin kololuwa na 35.81km/h. A tsawon kakar Premier League biyu da suka gabata, ya kuma samu mafi kyawun adadin nasara a cikin gwabzawar tsaro na ɗaya-da-ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa da suka fuskanci aƙalla yanayi 50 kamar haka, inda ya lashe mallakar ƙwallon kashi 50.5 cikin ɗari na lokaci.

Dacewarsa ta hanyar dabara ta sa shi zabi mai jan hankali ga babban koci Xabi Alonso. Lacroix yana jin daɗi yana wasa a tsaro na huɗu ko na uku — sassaucin da ke faɗaɗa zaɓuɓɓukan dabarun Chelsea sosai, tunda Alonso ya yi amfani da tsarin biyu a duk tsawon aikinsa na horarwa.