Tiemoue Bakayoko’s £40million move to Chelsea from Monaco will see midfielder’s former youth club Montrouge land two MINIBUSES
The 23-year-old spent two years at the club between 2006-2008 before he moved to Rennes
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CHELSEA midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko’s former youth club Montrouge are getting two MINIBUSES a part of his £40million move from Monaco.
The side – which play in the SEVENTH tier of French football – will be getting the small windfall after nurturing the talent for two seasons.
Bakayoko, 23, was at the club between 2006 and 2008 before being picked up by Rennes, who brought him through their ranks before selling him to Monaco for £7million in 2015.
Montrouge head of youth development Mathieu Laporte coached Bakayoko – and he said: “We’re so pleased because we desperately needed a couple more minibuses to help transport all our various teams.
“We’ve got more than 1,000 players on our books. We cater for six-year-old's right up to our first team. And we’ve also got 100 girls too.
“Although we are a part-time team in the seventh tier, our youth system is one of the best in the country and our youth teams compete at national level.
“We have produced players like Demba Ba and Bakayoko – and we want to produce more.
"Having a couple of extra mini-buses will help us enormously because we usually rely heavily on parents and the local council.”
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Laporte has also recalled just what Bakayoko was like when he was his mentor at Montrouge.
And he even believes the powerful midfielder is more technically gifted than former Arsenal ace Patrick Vieira.
Bakayoko could be in line to start against the Gunners on Sunday afternoon after netting his first Blues goal midweek in the Champions League.
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