Wesley Fofana: Chelsea interested in signing Leicester City central defender | Transfer Centre News

Chelsea are fascinated in signing Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana.

Fofana signed a two-yr deal extension with Leicester in March. His deal operates until 2027.

Chelsea have signed Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli and have produced tries to bring in Manchester City’s Nathan Ake and Sevilla’s Jules Kounde subsequent the departures of Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen.

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel, meanwhile, has admitted he is a “minimal bit” annoyed with Barcelona around their pursuit of Cesar Azpilicueta.

The 32-12 months-previous has 12 months remaining on his Chelsea contract and has reportedly questioned to leave the club after a decade at Stamford Bridge to return to his indigenous Spain with Barcelona.

But Tuchel suggests he is not confident if he wants to give Azpilicueta “what he wishes”, and thinks Barca have undervalued the defender, comparing his price to that of current Chelsea seize Kalidou Koulibaly, who signed for £33m from Napoli earlier this month.

When requested at the Common Orlando Resort, if he has been aggravated by the Spanish giants’ pursuit of Azpilicueta, Tuchel replied: “Probably a tiny bit.”

Questioned about the Spaniard’s future, Tuchel explained: “It can be a hard issue mainly because I am not positive if I want to give Azpi what he wishes.

“At some issue it is about what we want. I just manufactured the comparison about how substantially we fought for Koulibaly, who is a national group player and about the exact same age.

“He is a vastly essential participant for Napoli but we have a Spanish intercontinental who is the captain at Chelsea. I see him probably at the very same amount but Barcelona don’t see him on that level. So I am not sure if I want to give him what he would like as he is a big player.

“We do not consider so much about other golf equipment. The concentration is on us and what we need to have. I mentioned that to him and I say it to you that I recognize on a personal and a career amount. But I am not only in this position to give him what he would like. I am a manager for Chelsea who wishes to do what’s very best for Chelsea.

“He won’t like it but he understands. It is tricky for him due to the fact the other club is completely on him. On September 1 when points tranquil down, then he can engage in on his greatest amount.”

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