Aug 26 (Reuters) - ⁠Crystal Palace have signed ⁠defender Axel Disasi on ‌loan from Chelsea, the Premier League club said on Wednesday.

The 28-year-old ​made 61 appearances ⁠for Chelsea ⁠since joining from Monaco in 2023.

Disasi ⁠had ‌a loan spell with West ⁠Ham United last season, making 14 ​Premier ‌League appearances for them.

"I'm ⁠very ​happy. The club has been going in a very ⁠good direction, so ​I think it was the right place for me to ⁠keep going," Disasi said in a statement.

The France international was part of the ​squad that ⁠reached the 2022 World Cup ​final in ‌Qatar.

(Reporting by Paras J. ​Haji in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)