Wesley Fofana has appeared to wave goodbye to Leicester Metropolis followers forward of a transfer to Chelsea.
Following Leicester’s 4-2 defeat at Arsenal on Saturday, Fofana walked over to the Foxes followers on his personal and applauded them, whereas all different gamers have been chatting, swapping shirts and embracing.
Chelsea have seen two bids rejected for Fofana however Leicester look like softening their stance and would settle for a charge within the area on £80m.
Publicly, at the least, Leicester keep the participant just isn't on the market with Rodgers believing Fofana can be higher served by remaining for one more season.
Fofana, below contract till 2027, joined Leicester in 2020 from Ligue 1 aspect Saint-Etienne for a £36.5m charge and has performed 52 video games for the Foxes throughout all competitions, serving to them win the 2020-21 FA Cup.
Fofana is but to earn his first cap for France, however has represented the U21 aspect on 5 events.
He might be part of left-back Marc Cucurella and centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly in west London, who joined the Blues from Brighton and Napoli respectively this summer time as Chelsea rebuild their defence below new proprietor Todd Boehly.
Chelsea noticed Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen depart earlier within the window, who left for Actual Madrid and Barcelona respectively.
Leicester have already misplaced goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel to French aspect Good this summer time whereas James Maddison, Jamie Vardy and Youri Tielemans have all been linked with strikes away.
In the meantime, Manchester United are assured they'll wrap up a deal to signal Frenkie de Jong subsequent week with Chelsea cooling their curiosity within the Barcelona star.
The Blues had hoped the motivation of Champions League soccer this season would persuade De Jong to go for a transfer to Stamford Bridge, however are actually setting apart their curiosity to give attention to bringing in a defender and striker.
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