Chelsea and Manchester United keen on £70m Premier League defender in summer swoop

Manchester United and Chelsea might be set to go face to face for the signing of Leicester Metropolis defender Wesley Fofana this summer season, in keeping with reports in France.

The defender suffered a extreme harm in pre-season of the 2021-22 marketing campaign, and didn’t make his return to the midlands facet till April, which put the buffers on potential curiosity from Actual Madrid and several other different sides round Europe.

Nevertheless, he has continued to excel since his return, serving to the Foxes get better a poor season and switch it into an eighth-placed end, one thing that regarded unlikely when he returned to the facet.

LEICESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 04: Wesley Fofana of Leicester Metropolis throughout a Pre Season Pleasant match between Leicester Metropolis and Villarreal CF at The King Energy Stadium on August 04, 2021 in Leicester, England. (Picture by Alex Pantling/Getty Photographs)

And that has not gone unnoticed, in keeping with French outlet RMC Sport, who declare that each Manchester United and Chelsea are eager to reignite their curiosity within the defender this summer season.

80m euro price ticket

Nevertheless, with the 21-year-old having signed a brand new contract this season which can run till 2027. it might take a Leicester Metropolis membership report sale for him to depart.

Based on the report, ‘it’s going to take no less than 80 million euros’ for Leicester to half methods with Fofana, and with Brendan Rodgers’ facet already set to lose Youri Tielemans this summer season, it stays unclear even when that will suffice.

However, on condition that each the Blues and the Pink Devils are in want of reinforcements of their backline, and with Fofana nonetheless solely 21 years previous with 2 seasons of Premier League soccer underneath his belt, a deal may make sense for the Premier League giants.

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Premier League desk

#	Group	MP	D	P
1	Manchester Metropolis	38	73	93
2	Liverpool FC	38	68	92
3	Chelsea FC	38	43	74
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	29	71
5	Arsenal FC	38	13	69
6	Manchester United	38	0	58
7	West Ham United	38	9	56
8	Leicester Metropolis	38	3	52
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	-2	51
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	-5	51
11	Newcastle United	38	-18	49
12	Crystal Palace	38	4	48
13	Brentford FC	38	-8	46
14	Aston Villa	38	-2	45
15	Southampton FC	38	-24	40
16	Everton FC	38	-23	39
17	Leeds United	38	-37	38
18	Burnley FC	38	-19	35
19	Watford FC	38	-43	23
20	Norwich Metropolis	38	-61	22

Participant	Group	Objectives
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	23
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	23
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	18
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	17
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	16
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	15
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	15
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester Metropolis	15
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace	14
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester Metropolis	13
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	12
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	12
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	12
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	11
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	11
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester Metropolis	11
Richarlison	Everton FC	11
Pukki, Teemu	Norwich Metropolis	11
Raphinha	Leeds United	11
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa	11

Participant	Group	Pink Playing cards	Yellow Playing cards
Mings, Tyrone	Aston Villa	0	11
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	10
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	11
Firpo, Junior	Leeds United	0	11
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	10
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	10
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	10
Bednarek, Jan	Southampton FC	0	10
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	10
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	9
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	9
Romeu, Oriol	Southampton FC	0	9
Rudiger, Antonio	Chelsea FC	0	9
Mctominay, Scott	Manchester United	0	9
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	0	8
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	0	8
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	7
Richarlison	Everton FC	0	8
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	7

Participant	Group	Assists
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	13
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	12
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester Metropolis	11
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	10
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	10
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	10
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	10
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	9
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	9
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	9
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester Metropolis	9
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	8
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester Metropolis	8
Kulusevski, Dejan	Tottenham Hotspur	8
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	7
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	7
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	7
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	7
Mbeumo, Bryan	Brentford FC	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	6