{"id":616708,"date":"2022-08-24T12:32:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T16:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=616708"},"modified":"2022-08-24T12:32:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T16:32:50","slug":"wesley-fofana-chelsea-bid-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/24\/wesley-fofana-chelsea-bid-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano: Latest \u00a370 Million Chelsea Bid Rejected for &#8216;Incredible&#8217; Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The battle for Wesley Fofana has seen the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/23\/chelsea-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-barcelona-transfer-2\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> bid rejected, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1562106483063545858\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/16\/wesley-fofana-personal-terms-chelsea\/\" target=\"_self\">Leicester City<\/a> are meeting the Blues&#8217; bids with resilience, as this is the <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3530604\/2022\/08\/23\/wesley-fofana-chelsea-transfer-leicester\/?source=emp_shared_article\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">third bid<\/a> for the Frenchman, who wants a move to the London club.<\/p>\n<p>The player&#8217;s adaptation to the Premier League was described as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thepfsa.co.uk\/wesley-fofanas-incredible-adaptation-to-the-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">incredible<\/a>&#8221; by the PFSA, and the centre-back is emerging as one of the most promising talents in the league.<\/p>\n<h2>The Latest Chelsea Bid for Wesley Fofana Has Been Rejected<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leicester have turned down new bid from Chelsea for Wesley Fofana. Fee understood to be around \u00a370m but with difficult add-ons included, as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JPercyTelegraph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JPercyTelegraph<\/a> mentioned. \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LCFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea feel there\u2019s still chance to push\/insist for Fofana, as he really wants the move. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iIswOXxr4t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/iIswOXxr4t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1562106483063545858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Did Chelsea Offer?<\/h3>\n<p>According to sources, including Fabrizio Romano and David Ornstein, the West London club&#8217;s offer came to around \u00a370 million with add-ons. This could be the highest that the Blues go with a bid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1562105528909799424?t=U_jZXFjpJvtYcreYl9yf5Q&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ornstein also stated that:<\/a> &#8220;It is believed Chelsea\u2019s offers have been highly conditional, so the total achievable price is not necessarily what Leicester would have realistically received&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Flexible offers that rely on bonuses are increasingly common in modern football. Clubs seeking to make the most of their players&#8217; success, and reduce risk in unsuccessful purchases.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Was the Chelsea Bid Rejected?<\/h3>\n<p>The Foxes rejected the move as a result of their own valuation of the centre-back. The King Power Stadium&#8217;s hierarchy see Wesley Fofana as a player worth at least \u00a380 million, which breaks the record for a defender&#8217;s transfer fee. The current record is said figure when Harry Maguire joined <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/23\/manchester-united-frenkie-de-jong-casemiro-partner\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite Leicester rejecting the bid, Brendan Rodgers left Wesley Fofana out of his squad against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/07\/callum-hudson-odoi-chelsea-loan-exit\/\" target=\"_self\">Southampton<\/a>. Therefore, there is interest in resolving the issue from all sides.<\/p>\n<h3>What Happens Next?<\/h3>\n<p>Since there is a firm stalemate after the rejection of Chelsea&#8217;s bid, there are a few ways of viewing the situation. The first is one in which The Foxes hold the power. Wesley Fofana is under contract at the club, and in a World Cup year, a potential international centre-back downing tools is far from ideal for the Frenchman&#8217;s attempt at securing a place in Qatar. Brendan Rodgers loses relatively little from Fofana staying at the club.<\/p>\n<p>However, Leicester have some struggles of their own. There are no major transfers into the club in the window thus far. Alex Smithies on a free from Cardiff City is the only complete move.<\/p>\n<p>Selling the premium centre-back provides a war chest for the club. The Foxes are currently languishing in the relegation zone, so some investment is a necessity for Premier League survival. Compromising on a deal, getting plenty of funds from a sale to Chelsea and reinvesting in the squad is one of the most likely outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The battle for Wesley Fofana has seen the latest Chelsea bid rejected, according to Fabrizio Romano. Leicester City are meeting the Blues&#8217; bids with resilience, as this is the third bid for the Frenchman, who wants a move to the London club. The player&#8217;s adaptation to the Premier League was described as &#8220;incredible&#8221; by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4248,"featured_media":616754,"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":[11,2,15,3,7188],"tags":[8611,9354,6608],"class_list":["post-616708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-featured","category-leicester-city","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-leicester-city-transfer-rumours","tag-wesley-fofana"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616708","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\/4248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}