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Wesley Fofana at Chelsea *Official*

JM7 said:
£70m is way too much. Especially for not an elite player. 
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But I think it’s kinda obvious Fofana is going to become one of elite defenders in the world in a few years time. He already was one of the better defenders in league before his injury. Because of our current situation, I say just Chuck 60m at Leicester and hope for the best.

I would be very happy with Fofana, regardless of how much he cost.

 
He's only, what, 21 so maybe he's not in the elite category now but if we landed him he most definitely could be in a couple of years.  That and imagine how much he could learn from Koulibaly and Silva.  Finally, he's already premier league ready so he won't need "a year to settle in".  

As far as this transfer goes it all makes sense but we'll no doubt get absolutely fleeced as everyone knows we need a defender and Leicester are in no rush to sell and will only sell on their own terms.

 
It’s not our money anyway, that’s what you get for messing around in the transfer market. It’s a good lesson for Todd

i would absolutely get him regardless of the price. He was and is my #1 choice. Now he is also a bit under the radar because of his injury. We don’t want him to have a brilliant season and end up in a bidding war.

if we get fofana all of our failures in the transfermarket actually helped us getting the best possible CB 

He is absolutely going to be worldclass. And even if he needs 3 seasons to develop into a world class defender, he will still only be 24 or 25. 

we could loan them Colwill in return so they already have a replacement. 

 
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ducavis said:
Not a chance they sell for an amount less than £70m. He has a contract till 2027. 
Leicester need money though, but we have left it late and will get absolutely fleeced.
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Whats new? We've never paid way under for anyone lol

 
Always impressed me whenever I saw him play. Could be a top signing but Leicester would probably demand a fortune given that his contract has five more years on it.

Also there's an issue of his long term injury. I haven't really seen him since he came back. If he's back to his best, Fofana would be top of my list. Not a big name, but as far as defending goes, he's excelllent.

 
Just do a barca, turn his head send out the friendly media to make it known and then lowball Leicester, Offer some iberico pork and chorizo and we should be set lads 

If you cant beat um join um!

 
nonotnowjim said:
I would say that Brana (£9m), Kante (£32m), Cahill (£7m), Azpi (£8m), Mend (£21m), Courtouis (£8m) were all pretty good bits of business.
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Yeah i was exaggerating a bit but its a handful of players out of how many lol

We probably didn't hit the heady heights of Liverpool under benitez (burning through like 300 players) but still, I think bargain hunting is wishful thinking now, Everything is a billion quid! 

 
Hasn't he got a long contract? They won't sell to a rival for less than like 80m or something stupid. I'm so sick of these crazy transfer prices these days. PSG really f**ked up the football economy with those Mbappe and Neymar deals.

 
He's apparently liked a tweet stating we could get him for 70m. 

I think the fact his injury was a fibula break and not a tibia break should ease our concerns. The latter is far worse in the long run. Not to mention this injury happened on his weaker leg and players are more likely to come back 100% from a leg break vs a knee injury. 

 
Sconnie Blue said:
He's apparently liked a tweet stating we could get him for 70m. 

I think the fact his injury was a fibula break and not a tibia break should ease our concerns. The latter is far worse in the long run. Not to mention this injury happened on his weaker leg and players are more likely to come back 100% from a leg break vs a knee injury. 
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Be nice if we were able to open the purse strings and just go here you go Leicester, and here you go Wolves, and boom, Fofana and Kilman holding up Chelsea kits by Saturday.

Then we could move on to the important business of sorting out our midfield issues.

Also worth remembering that, while it was Marina not Todd, our negotiations with Leicester for Chilwell were over quickly.

 
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