CHELSEA have ‘verbally agreed’ a deal to sign Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana.
After failed pursuits of Jules Kounde and Matthijs de Ligt amongst others, attention turned to Fofana – who has impressed at Leicester over the past few seasons. The Foxes have been reluctant to part ways with the 21-year-old, though RMC Sport report that a verbal agreement has now been reached.
Leicester were not willing to let Fofana for a fee less than £80million, and the deal is set to be a ‘world record’ for a centre-back. The defender was hoping to secure his move to Stamford Bridge this summer after it emerged that the Blues were interested.
Fofana has not been training with the Leicester first-team recently, being moved into the under-23s squad until the saga was resolved. The player also submitted a transfer request as well as hinting about his desire to join Chelsea on social media.
Tuchel, too, has been vocal about how he believes his side need several new signings through the door before the transfer window closes, and he will certainly be elated that a deal has been reached for Fofana following weeks of negotiations. The player is set to pen a six-year deal with the club.
Though despite the positive transfer activity, Tuchel is looking forward to the summer window closing and working with a definite group of players, he explained: “I love the group. We speak a lot about transfer window but the good thing about the transfer window when it closes is that you know this is your group, no more distraction or distraction in focus.
