French club Le Havre are furious with a Premier League side about failing to complete a loan move.

The club's director Mathieu Bodmer has slammed Chelsea for blocking Malang Sarr's deadline day switch.

The defender was unable to make the move to Ligue 1, where he would get regular game time.

Per Paris Normandie, he said: "What they did to him was disgraceful. They are the directors of the club with six English league titles, now owned by the American Todd Boehly.

"With just a few details still to be worked out, they did a U-turn. They gave the youngster the go-ahead to travel, and a financial agreement had been reached for the eighteen months of his remaining contract at Chelsea.

"However, on several occasions, they went back on their agreement, and then gave it again. And once the player had agreed to make a big effort, to come to us on a tiny salary, just to play football, they blocked him.

"Everything was OK, the contract had even been submitted to the League (LFP), but we never received Chelsea's cancellation. In the end, they just told him he wouldn't be leaving and they didn't even answer the phone any more."