{"id":565469,"date":"2020-09-10T18:35:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T22:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=565469"},"modified":"2020-09-10T18:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T22:48:33","slug":"report-leicester-city-bid-for-wesley-fofana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/10\/report-leicester-city-bid-for-wesley-fofana\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Leicester City Submit Bid for Saint-Etienne Defender Wesley Fofana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leicester City<\/a> are actively seeking the addition of a new centre-back this summer.<\/p>\n

Saint-Etienne<\/a> defender Wesley Fofana<\/a> has been identified as their number one target, according to Fabrizio Romano<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Saint-Etienne Receive Bid From Leicester City for Wesley Fofana<\/h2>\n

Fofana Bid<\/h3>\n

Leicester City are reported to have made a \u20ac29 million bid for Wesley Fofana.<\/p>\n

Fofana, 19, has made 27 appearances for his current club, catching the attention of Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers.<\/p>\n

Leicester were forced to turn to Wes Morgan<\/a> toward the end of the 2019\/20 season with Caglar Soyuncu<\/a> suspended. Morgan is now 36-years-old and despite his experience, the Foxes should not rely on him for the most important game of their season, as they did against Manchester United<\/a> on the final day.<\/p>\n

Fofana is young, so would arrive with a great deal of potential and already has some Ligue 1<\/a> experience.<\/p>\n

Leicester have only made one senior addition in this transfer window so far, Timothy Castagne<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Castagne, 24, arrived from Atalanta one week ago<\/a> and it looks like it won’t be too long before he is joined by another addition.<\/p>\n

Wesley Fofana’s Saint-Etienne Career So Far<\/h3>\n

Fofana’s professional career began in May 2019. He made his debut in Saint-Etienne’s 3-0 win over OGC Nice<\/a> in Ligue 1. He’d come off the bench to replace Pierre-Yves Polomat<\/a> after 20 minutes in that game. Fofana did enough to be given his full debut in the next game, a 1-1 draw with SCO Angers six days later.<\/p>\n

The defender, who turns 20 in December, was not immediately called upon for the 2019\/20 season. However, by the time October came around, he’d found his place back in the team. Romantically, he scored his first goal in the same fixture he’d made his debut in a year previous, this time a 4-1 win over OGC Nice.<\/p>\n

Having started the opening game of the season, Fofana is probably set to embark on his first full-season at Saint-Etienne, in terms of playing regularly. With William Saliba<\/a>‘s departure for Arsenal<\/a>, helping those chances. Though interest from one of the Premier League<\/a>‘s most-exciting football clubs could be too hard to turn down.<\/p>\n

Fofana himself has told French outlet L’Equipe, “I would be crazy to say no to Leicester.”<\/p>\n

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Breaking | St \u00c9tienne defender Wesley Fofana in tomorrow’s L’\u00c9quipe: “I would be crazy to say no to Leicester.” More follows.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Get French Football News (@GFFN) September 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n