Leicester’s Wesley Fofana pushing for Chelsea transfer

The summer season switch window is right here, and there is loads of gossip swirling about who’s shifting the place. Switch Discuss brings you all the most recent buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, after all, done deals!

TOP STORY: Fofana needs Chelsea transfer

Leicester City centre-back Wesley Fofana is pushing for a transfer to Chelsea, in accordance with the Mirror.

Regardless of lacking a lot of final season with a damaged leg, the defender has been a revelation on the King Energy Stadium, and now he is emerged as Chelsea’s newest backline goal amid a busy summer season.

Chelsea have misplaced each Antonio Rudiger to Real Madrid and Andreas Christensen to Barcelona already this summer season, whereas Cesar Azpilicueta‘s future stays unclear. Which means that Blues supervisor Thomas Tuchel stays on the hunt for somebody to battle it out with Thiago Silva alongside new signing Kalidou Koulibaly.

Fofana, nonetheless solely 21, has established himself as one of many Premier League’s finest younger defenders. Leicester are adamant he isn’t obtainable at any worth, however the participant himself has advised Foxes hierarchy that wishes to maneuver to West London. Curiously, Fofana has now additionally eliminated Leicester Metropolis from each his Twitter and Instagram profiles.

Fofana is not the one Leicester participant linked with a transfer, with each Youri Tielemans and James Maddison being eyed by a bevy of Premier League rivals.

Beneath new proprietor Tom Boehly, Chelsea have made a sequence of signings this summer season. Together with Koulibaly, the Blues have signed ahead Raheem Sterling from Manchester City, keeper Gabriel Slonina from Chicago Fire FC, and midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka from Aston Villa. Sources have told ESPN that Chelsea are additionally within the combine for Brighton defender Marc Cucurella.

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PAPER GOSSIP

– AS Roma midfielder Jordan Veretout is a wished man, and Marseille look to be shifting forward of AC Milan within the race for his signature, in accordance with Footmercato. The 29-year-old’s current contract runs out in June 2024 and each Roma and Marseille are shifting nearer to the settlement of a mortgage deal that may, he hopes, assist him safe extra recreation time than he is more likely to get underneath Jose Mourinho. Veretout believes a transfer away from Roma will bolster his pictures of representing France on the World Cup.

– Wolverhampton Wanderers will battle it out with Sevilla for the signing of Chile worldwide striker Ben Brereton-Diaz from Blackburn Rovers, in accordance with Football League World. Wolves are searching for attacking reinforcements following the information that Raul Jimenez will miss the primary month of the season with a knee damage. Diaz just lately triggered a one-year extension to his current Rovers contract which subsequently noticed Sevilla scared off by Blackburn’s proposed price. Now, although, Wolves boss Bruno Lage seems to be set to capitalise and convey the striker, who scored 22 targets final season, to Molineux.

– Barcelona have contacted Athletic Club concerning the availability of centre-back Inigo Martinez, in accordance with Sport. The 31-year-old’s contract runs out in June subsequent 12 months and so if the Bilbao-based membership do not conform to a transfer this summer season, he’ll be obtainable to signal a pre-contract with any membership on Jan. 1. Martinez hasn’t agreed an extension on his present deal as of but, and Barca are pushing for a transfer for €15 million, plus a lot of incentives. Athletic seem unwilling to just accept the provide, although, however know they threat shedding their man for nothing in six months. Barca director Mateu Alemany stays involved with Athletic normal supervisor Jon Bersategi.

– Sevilla are closing in on Manchester United defender Alex Telles, in accordance with Fabrizio Romano. Telles is conscious that he is behind Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia within the pecking order at Previous Trafford, and so the 22-year-old is contemplating a transfer to LaLiga in an effort to get extra recreation time. Regardless of having been linked with Villarreal, Sevilla are the one membership to state their curiosity. Nonetheless, to ensure that Telles to go away, Sevilla might want to cowl some a part of the Brazilian’s wages throughout his one-year mortgage.