{"id":615692,"date":"2022-08-03T17:33:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T21:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615692"},"modified":"2022-08-03T17:33:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T21:33:31","slug":"leicester-chelsea-selling-wesley-fofana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/leicester-chelsea-selling-wesley-fofana\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Receive Major Boost in Pursuit of \u2018Unbelievable\u2019 \u00a385 Million Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsLyall\/status\/1554744006516658177\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lyall Thomas<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of Sky Sports, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/02\/newcastle-united-leicester-city-james-maddison\/\" target=\"_self\">Leicester City<\/a> will not stand in the way of Wesley Fofana if an acceptable offer comes from a Champions League club, with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/brighton-deny-reports-50-million-defender\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> heavily linked with a move for the French U21 international. Despite the Foxes deciding they will not stop their star centre-back from leaving, they will only consider selling if a sizeable bid is received. Reports suggest the Stamford Bridge club could sign the Frenchman for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11076955\/Chelsea-willing-offer-Leicester-defender-Wesley-Fofana-200-000-week-join.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a385 million<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Wesley Fofana: Leicester Open to Selling Star Defender for the Right Price<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As we reflected on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TransferShow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TransferShow<\/a> last night, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Leicester?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Leicester<\/a> won\u2019t stand in Wesley Fofana\u2019s way if he is determined to leave and a Champions League club makes an acceptable offer &#8211; but they do not want to sell him. It will take a big bid: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OzHTtF6aQx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/OzHTtF6aQx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LCFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GsFewqD6kv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/GsFewqD6kv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lyall Thomas (@SkySportsLyall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsLyall\/status\/1554744006516658177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>French Defender to Bolster Blues<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/carney-chukwuemeka-to-join-chelsea\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> have endured a frustrating summer despite the signings of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/06\/raheem-sterling-to-chelsea-nearing-completion\/\" target=\"_self\">Raheem Sterling<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/14\/chelsea-closing-in-kalidou-koulibaly\/\" target=\"_self\">Kalidou Koulibaly<\/a>. The Kings Road club have identified central defence as a must-strengthen area which has led to the side being linked with a move for Leicester City centre-back Fofana.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He has excelled in his time with the Foxes, becoming a mainstay of their backline and one of the most consistent defenders in the Premier League. Brendan Rodgers was full of praise for his rock at the back, describing him as &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2022\/apr\/15\/wesley-fofana-fires-leicester-hopes-while-fasting-rodgers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">unbelievable<\/span><\/a>&#8220;<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0following a towering performance against PSV Eindhoven in the Europa Conference League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/chelsea-chase-southampton-kyle-walker-peters\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Chase Southampton Defender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After spending much of last season out injured, Fofana has found himself at the top of Chelsea&#8217;s summer shopping list following the departures of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/16\/thomas-tuchel-andreas-christensen-exit\/\" target=\"_self\">Andreas Christensen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/10\/antonio-rudiger-joins-real-madrid\/\" target=\"_self\">Antonio Rudiger<\/a> from Stamford Bridge. The French defender signed a new five-year contract with the Foxes in March, ensuring they will demand a sizeable fee before they sell him.<\/p>\n<h3>What Fofana Could Bring to Stamford Bridge<\/h3>\n<p>Fofana excels in one on one situations, where he is great at anticipating what the attacker will do next. He has shown on various occasions during his time at the King Power Stadium that he has impressive recovery skills, and these have saved the Foxes many times.<\/p>\n<p>He also has an impeccable ability to time his tackles, which again highlights how good he is at reading the game, and is a vital weapon when defending and attacking set pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0Lyall Thomas\u00a0of Sky Sports, Leicester City will not stand in the way of Wesley Fofana if an acceptable offer comes from a Champions League club, with Chelsea heavily linked with a move for the French U21 international. Despite the Foxes deciding they will not stop their star centre-back from leaving, they will only consider [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":615698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,15,7188],"tags":[8611,9354,6608],"class_list":["post-615692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-leicester-city","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-leicester-city-transfer-rumours","tag-wesley-fofana"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}