Brendan Rodgers has admitted that Chelsea have certainly lodged a 3rd bid for starlet Wesley Fofana after the Frenchman was rumoured to have turn into Thomas Tuchel’s prime defensive goal over the previous couple of weeks – while additionally asserting that he has been coaching with the youth staff after lacking coaching final week.
Fofana’s unimaginable performances for the Foxes have seen him linked with Europe’s elite over the previous few months, regardless of a leg break in a pre-season pleasant towards Villarreal round this time final 12 months.
Linked with groups throughout the continent, it has been Chelsea who’ve stood as much as turn into the best suitors for him provided that the departures of Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger this summer time have left a gaping gap on the coronary heart of their defence.
Reports said earlier this week that the membership had obtained a £70m-including-add-ons deal for the previous Saint-Etienne man.
And Rodgers confirmed as such in his post-match interview following Leicester’s fortuitous penalty shoot-out win over Stockport County on Tuesday night.
“We’ve obtained one contemporary bid for Fofana and it has been turned down,” Rodgers stated as relayed by The Athletic.
Rodgers additional added that Fofana is now “coaching with the U23s after failing to show as much as a coaching session final week” – which might mark the start of the tip of the Frenchman’s King Energy profession.
Chelsea have missed out on defensive targets Jules Kounde and Matthijs de Ligt to date this summer time, and with simply days left, it might be a pricey mistake to bear yet one more calamity within the switch window.
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