Chelsea verbally agree to trade for defender Wesley Fofana with Leicester in a deal estimated at £70m plus surcharges. The Blues Foxes host...
Chelsea verbally agree to trade for defender Wesley Fofana with Leicester in a deal estimated at £70m plus surcharges.
The Blues Foxes host at Stamford Bridge on Saturday with the Frenchman already confirmed missing amid speculation Chelsea reached a verbal agreement with Leicester on a fee for Wesley Fofana. Sky Sports News have been told the agreed fee is in excess of £70million.
Add-ons, but the details of the payment structure and the exact terms of the add-ons are yet to be determined.
However, the final fee is unlikely to exceed £75m. Personal terms between Fofana and Chelsea are expected to be agreed quickly and will not pose problems.Leicester are now looking for possible substitutes.
Brendan Rodgers confirmed on Thursday that Fofana, who missed last weekend's defeat by Southampton amid speculation about his future, would also be unavailable for Saturday's trip to Stamford Bridge against Chelsea.
Fofana was keen to join the Blues and following Leicester's penalty shoot-out win at Stockport in the Carabao Cup, Rodgers confirmed the player is training with the club's Under-23s after failing to show up for a training session last week. available for the weekend and has been training with the U-23 team," Rodgers told reporters ahead of Saturday's game.
"My focus is on the players we have and on the squad."I can't lose the power.
If anything is done, it will be done with the clubs.
Until then, we'll just have to work with what we've got." Rodgers added, "Hopefully [some transfer business gets done by the end of the window].
It would be great if the team was able to do that, team improvement is always important.But until that changes, we'll work with what we have.
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