There is the growing sense that Chelsea could succeed with a third transfer bid for Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana.
Fofana is Chelsea’s top target in defence, as revealed by Fabrizio Romano in his exclusive CaughtOffside column, and now it seems the Blues may be in luck as Leicester’s stance may be softening.
According to The Athletic, it seems increasingly likely that Chelsea may have more luck with a third offer for Fofana, who was left out of the squad to play Southampton yesterday as he’s eager to get a move to Stamford Bridge.
The young Frenchman has been a terrific performer during his time at the King Power Stadium, and it makes sense that he now fancies a shot at representing a bigger club.
Chelsea need a signing like this at the back, with both Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen leaving earlier this summer.
Kalidou Koulibaly has since come in, but CFC would also do well to have more cover for the ageing Thiago Silva, who surely cannot go on playing 90 minutes week in, week out at this level for much longer.
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?? @FabrizioRomano: "I’ve been asked a lot about Harry Maguire … My understanding is that, at the moment, Chelsea’s priority is Wesley Fofana. This is the only answer I'm getting from Chelsea."
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— CaughtOffside (@caughtoffside) August 21, 2022
Even Fofana couldn’t be better than Chalobah. He’s better than some of the recognised senior players whenever he’s given opportunity.
Why not allow him play the position regularly like Fofana was doing in his present club. From my own observation, Chalobah has better qualities than the overrated Fofana.
That’s Fact
Chelsea love to loose there young talent on the cheap and later go and spend huge money on them
”Makes sense he fancies a shot with a bigger club”? He came to Leicester two years ago as no other club had spotted his potential especially Chelsea who never buy potential.He was injured for almost a year and rewarded with a new 4 year contract only 5 months ago.There was no gun put to his head he signed because he wanted to.Now a so called big club managed by a maniac,who runs along the touchline like a man possessed,have turned his head with big bucks.Good Luck to him but unlike other stars who have left City he will not be welcome back here and I just hope your career follows in the path of Harry Maguire.
I feel your pain man, this is football and these things happens. Would you have asked kante not to leave too?
Yes his a maniac who is possessed to more UCL trophies for Chelsea who won it in his 1st season, not like City bald headed maniac who got outwitted by Chelsea maniac 3x in 3 different competitions within 3 weeks in May 2021.
lmao🤣🤣🤣
Chelsea have young defenders like him.Why spend such amount of money on him?
u should be happy he’s going to a bigger club instead of wishing him bad
Joining one of the best team in Europe instead of staying put in a sh**t club
It’s a good job that there are at least 14 sh**t clubs in the league or you would have nobody to play throughout the season and nobody who can scout talent for you to cherry pick from using the money from the past with very questionable roots. You don’t seem to understand what sport and competition is, it appears that you think that it is to support a big club so you can brag without actually having to do anything yourself
Why are you so hurt and talking like a manic or who have just finished smoking weed..so kante won’t hv left or Drinkwater that was a flop
Let him move on with his career don’t forget city also got him from another club so stop subbing good friend
Chelsea have young defenders like him.Why spend such amount of money on him?
Why would Chelsea spend so much on him when they have chalobah, this couch is just confused, he would have gotten kounde if he had put on that same amount for him.
Chelsea is a big club in all standard and with much expectations but it’s high time we start believing in our players with potentials and be patience with them to develop.Fofana is overrated and the price is outrageous
I think it will be a mistake to buy him.
No,let the guy come.
come on, Chalobah can’t do much as Fofana can and don’t forget he(Fofana) has already got premier league experience and technics,so he add something to the CFC diffence
I think Chelsea are turning a blind eye on the academy prodigy or maybe Tuchel is just unable to nurture young talents.Also some players like Kennedy,Chaloba, Emerson are typically taken for granted since most of them only played at a time when Chelsea couldn’t sign players.Tuchel shouldn’t belittle the upcoming talents because even the incoming players will require a substitute in one way or the other. We haven’t seen much from Vale, Lewis Hall and who knows wether Chukuwema,Omari, Casedei will get a chance to thrive in first team.Hinestly James needs a stronger partner for Tuchel to be on the safe side. We’ve seen the mid is currently without the renowned enginesand what will happen if presumably James gets injured??
Jorginho and Aspilicueta are just sluggish and not good at defdending. Why not go for either Kyle Walker Peters or Bisaka for the right back and use the rest of the funds to get De jong .
After Leicester took him out of a poor French league fofana joined Leicester and doubled his salary. Early last season he got a serious injury and Leicester stood by him and got him back to fitness. Fofana,has not kicked a ball for Leicester and has shown his true greedy colours. Leicester should sell asap and let him flop at Chelsea like Maguire has at man utd,and what’s more he is not another rudiger and far from the finished articule and injury prone. Fofana,won’t be welcome back at the king power for his disloyalty,after signing a 5 year deal and kissing the badge?
I prefer CFC buy DE JONG and ALBA FOR NOW
Now Chelsea should buy the entire Leeds fc !!!
CFC should stop wasting their time, and sign leao and aubameyang please.