{"id":613496,"date":"2022-06-08T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=613496"},"modified":"2022-06-08T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T18:15:10","slug":"leicester-city-defender-manchester-united-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/08\/leicester-city-defender-manchester-united-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United and Chelsea to Fight Over \u20ac80 Million 21-Year-Old Premier League Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana is attracting a lot of transfer interest,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/centredevils\/status\/1534571212344799233\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as per RMC Sport<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/08\/liverpool-e100-million-offer-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/08\/spanish-midfielder-leaving-chelsea\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> set to fight it out over the 21-year-old.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where Will Leicester City Defender Wesley Fofana Be Playing Next Season?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Has He Earnt the Step-Up?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Leicester City defender Fofana suffered a major injury setback recently. The Frenchman fractured his fibula in a pre-season friendly against Villarreal last summer. A nasty and idiotic tackle sidelined Fofana for 41 games, equating to 223 days. He bounced back, though, and the Foxes showed an immediate upturn in their form as a result of his return.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United and Chelsea are at the heart of the interest surrounding Fofana. The former have struggled, Harry Maguire being under a lot of pressure whilst Raphael Varane has himself been injured. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/16\/thomas-tuchel-andreas-christensen-exit\/\" target=\"_self\">the Blues are set to lose a number of instrumental defenders to the Spanish giants<\/a>. Antonio Rudiger has also been announced as a Real Madrid and it seems some of his teammates could follow.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/08\/liverpool-e100-million-offer-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United could be beaten by Liverpool to Darwin Nunez signing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Leicester City defender has age on his side and he is already a highly rated prospect. Having had two mid-range injuries, one at the King Power and one with Saint Etienne, as well as the aforementioned major one, though, raises questions about his injury susceptibility. It is a risky investment to make?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Could the Leicester City Defender Stay Put?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It was a below par season for Brendan Rodgers\u2019 men in 2021\/22. Injuries didn\u2019t exactly help but there were still a few players who fell short of expectations. Looking to the future though, there are a lot of exciting players in their midst alongside Fofana so the Leicester City defender could easily stay put.<\/p>\n<p>James Maddison, James Justin, Harvey Barnes and Patson Daka are just some of the younger Leicester players who have a bright future ahead, even if some may leave this summer. Fofana wouldn\u2019t leave the Foxes for a small fee whatsoever: \u201cit will take at least \u20ac80 million to convince Leicester City to sell.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3. Wesley Fofana: 7.0<\/p>\n<p>Only played about 1\/3 of the season, but his quality has saved that part for sure. His defending, speed, strength has helped us very much, and he will be crucial next season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/afugkolrBg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/afugkolrBg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; josh (@NoobBro_lcfc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoobBro_lcfc\/status\/1531993954740101122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All in all, there are a number of pros and cons to the potential sale of the Leicester City defender. The club would do well to keep hold of him but they could also fetch a sizeable fee, as they did for his predecessor, Maguire. It is the case for Fofana that either at Leicester or a bigger team he can certainly thrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana is attracting a lot of transfer interest,\u00a0as per RMC Sport, with Manchester United and Chelsea set to fight it out over the 21-year-old. Where Will Leicester City Defender Wesley Fofana Be Playing Next Season? Has He Earnt the Step-Up? Leicester City defender Fofana suffered a major injury setback recently. 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