{"id":1195763,"date":"2022-08-31T16:38:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/31\/wesley-fofana-completes-chelsea-move-from-leicester-city\/"},"modified":"2022-08-31T16:38:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:38:07","slug":"wesley-fofana-completes-chelsea-move-from-leicester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/31\/wesley-fofana-completes-chelsea-move-from-leicester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Wesley Fofana completes Chelsea move from Leicester City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"329\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-31-135600-696x329.png\"   alt=\"Wesley Fofana\" title=\"Wesley Fofana\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wesley Fofana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chelsea have signed French centre-back Wesley Fofana from Leicester City on a seven-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>A France Under-21 international, Fofana\u00a0joined Leicester from French side Saint-Etienne\u00a0in 2020 and has since made 37 Premier League appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He was restricted to just seven league games during the 2021-22 campaign after\u00a0breaking his leg\u00a0in a pre-season friendly against Villarreal.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two last days have been really big for me and I\u2019m very happy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI trained this morning with the team and it\u2019s a dream for me. I\u2019m very excited to start playing games for the fans and the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here to win trophies \u2013 the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup, everything. I came here to win and the club is built to win trophies so I\u2019m here to continue that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fofana was part of Brendan Rodgers\u2019 starting XI as Leicester won the FA Cup for the first time in their history by\u00a0beating Chelsea in the 2021 final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGutted to lose him but wish Wesley Fofana well,\u201d former Leicester striker Gary Lineker posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery player wants to play Champions League football so it\u2019s understandable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChelsea fans, you\u2019ve got the most prodigiously talented young central defender in the world. Yes, I believe he\u2019s that good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This summer Chelsea have brought in England forward Raheem Sterling from Manchester City for \u00a350m, Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli for \u00a334m, English midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka from Aston Villa for \u00a320m, Spain left-back Marc Cucurella from Brighton for \u00a360m and Italian midfielder Cesare Casadei from Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Tuchel\u2019s side are eighth in the Premier League after Tuesday\u2019s 2-1 defeat at Southampton, a second loss in their past three games.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"QxQdD8oyVoU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Start Valuing The Lessons From Your Mistakes And Failure  - Adom TV (31-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QxQdD8oyVoU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wesley Fofana Chelsea have signed French centre-back Wesley Fofana from Leicester City on a seven-year deal. A France Under-21 international, Fofana\u00a0joined Leicester from French side Saint-Etienne\u00a0in 2020 and has since made 37 Premier League appearances. He was restricted to just seven league games during the 2021-22 campaign after\u00a0breaking his leg\u00a0in a pre-season friendly against Villarreal. 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