{"id":889276,"date":"2026-09-12T11:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/889276\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T11:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:10:32","slug":"chelsea-news-lamine-camara-moves-on-from-failed-47-1m-move-from-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/889276\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea news: Lamine Camara moves on from failed \u00a347.1m move from Monaco"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara says he has “turned the page” and is focusing on the Ligue 1 season after his \u00a347.1m move to Chelsea<\/a> collapsed.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old had completed a medical but the deal fell through<\/a> shortly before the transfer window closed.<\/p>\n

Two bids had already been rejected, but Monaco lowered their asking price in a turbulent end to the window when it looked likely that Folarin Balogun’s move to Everton was in doubt.<\/a><\/p>\n

When Balogun’s transfer appeared to be back on track, Monaco appeared to change their decision to sell Camara, but in the end both players stayed with the Ligue 1 side.<\/p>\n

“There was a possibility I could leave,” Camara said, speaking before Monaco’s game against Strasbourg on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“It didn’t go through at the last minute and that’s part of football. I’ve turned the page and am focusing on the season.”<\/p>\n

Sources in France had stated Monaco needed to make a major sale this summer and preferred to sell Balogun. A source at the Ligue 1 club had previously indicated it would take a “substantial fee” to secure Camara’s departure.<\/p>\n

Monaco have won their first three Ligue 1 fixtures of the season and sat second to Rennes in the table, with a game in hand, heading into the weekend.<\/p>\n

“I can help the team a lot,” Senegal international Camara said.<\/p>\n

“Football moves fast. Maybe other opportunities will come along. But for now, I’m staying focused on the season with Monaco.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara says he has “turned the page” and is focusing on the Ligue 1 season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-889276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}