{"id":615710,"date":"2022-08-04T14:26:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T18:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615710"},"modified":"2022-08-04T14:26:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T18:26:05","slug":"leicester-city-wesley-fofana-chelsea-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/04\/leicester-city-wesley-fofana-chelsea-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano: Chelsea &#8216;Preparing Another Approach&#8217; After Huge Bid for &#8216;Unbelievable&#8217; Player; Told \u00a380 Million Offer Will Be Accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/04\/chelsea-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> have submitted a \u00a360 million bid for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/leicester-chelsea-selling-wesley-fofana\/\" target=\"_self\">Leicester City<\/a> defender Wesley Fofana, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1555108276215357441\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leicester have rejected the West-London club\u2019s approach and reiterated that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2022\/apr\/15\/wesley-fofana-fires-leicester-hopes-while-fasting-rodgers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;unbelievable&#8221;<\/a> France U21 international is not for sale. Despite this, Chelsea are reportedly preparing a second bid and Fofana is understood to be in favour of the move to Stamford Bridge. Leicester have, though, conceded that an offer in the region of \u00a380 million <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nathan_Gissing\/status\/1554970308628602880?s=20&amp;t=xbDxdT8qdfABZe4DqHsHLw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">would be accepted<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Chelsea Not Deterred by \u2018Not-For-Sale\u2019 Tag on Leicester City Defender Wesley Fofana<\/b><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chelsea have submitted \u00a360m proposal for Wesley Fofana, confirmed as advanced by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lequipe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lequipe<\/a>. Bid has been turned down by Leicester as they insist on not-for-sale stance \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Been told Chelsea are preparing another approach, they want to push for Fofana and he wants the move. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lYjEUW1isI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/lYjEUW1isI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1555108276215357441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Fofana Fits the Bill<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chelsea have been interested in Fofana for some time as they missed out on other centre-back targets <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/27\/barcelona-signing-chelsea-target-kounde\/\" target=\"_self\">Jules Kounde<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fcbayern.com\/en\/news\/2022\/07\/fc-bayern-complete-transfer-of-matthijs-de-ligt\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mathias de Ligt<\/a>. Despite this interest, it seems that Leicester are determined to keep their player at the club.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fofana joined Leicester for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/02\/leicester-city-sign-wesley-fofana-from-saint-etienne\/\" target=\"_self\">\u00a332 million<\/a> from Ligue 1 outfit Saint-Etienne in the Summer of 2020 and went on to make 28 appearances for the Foxes in his first season in the Premier League.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, a broken leg sustained in a pre-season friendly before the 2021\/22 campaign limited the 21-year-old to only seven appearances in his second year at the club. However, this has not dulled any interest in the highly rated youngster as Chelsea appear determined to bring him to Stamford Bridge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: Chelsea are preparing a bid for Wesley Fofana worth over \u00a370m. Todd Boehly is confident that a deal can be agreed despite a \u00a362m offer being rejected last night. <\/p>\n<p>Fofana really wants to join Chelsea and is trying to put pressure on Leicester to let him leave. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mK8sWpEyKB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/mK8sWpEyKB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CfcSheikh (@CfcSheikh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CfcSheikh\/status\/1555237308319817728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite only registering 630 minutes last season, Fofana still managed some impressive numbers in the Premier League logging five progressive carries per 90 and completing almost 90% of his passes. Composed in possession while also solid defensively, it\u2019s easy to see why Fofana is coveted by Chelsea for Thomas Tuchel\u2019s three centre-back system.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Two Very Different Transfer Windows<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chelsea have enjoyed a busy transfer window signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/article\/sterling-signs-for-chelsea\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raheem Sterling<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/manchester-city-sergio-gomez-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/14\/chelsea-closing-in-kalidou-koulibaly\/\" target=\"_self\">Kalidou Koulibaly<\/a> from Napoli with a deal also seemingly close for Brighton and Hove Albion&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/chelsea-complete-marc-cucurella-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Marc Cucurella<\/a>. Due to the departures of Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger, however, the team look to be focused on bringing in another centre-back for the first team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leicester on the other hand have had a quiet transfer window being yet to bring in any players to bolster their first team. With a disappointing eighth-place finish in the 2021\/22 Premier League campaign, it&#8217;s likely that fans will be frustrated with the lack of business as the East Midlands outfit looks to push for a return to European football.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/18\/every-premier-league-transfer-completed-in-summer-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Every Premier League Transfer Completed in Summer 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For now, it seems Leicester\u2019s main focus this window is on retaining their key players. However, only time will tell if the former Premier League Champions will be successful. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have submitted a \u00a360 million bid for Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana, according to Fabrizio Romano.\u00a0 Leicester have rejected the West-London club\u2019s approach and reiterated that the &#8220;unbelievable&#8221; France U21 international is not for sale. Despite this, Chelsea are reportedly preparing a second bid and Fofana is understood to be in favour of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4148,"featured_media":615723,"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-615710","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\/615710","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\/4148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}