Premier League: Chelsea sign Wesley Fofana

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Chelsea have made another signing. Will this be the last big announcement from the club before the transfer window closes?

Chelsea have signed French centre-back Wesley Fofana from Leicester City on a seven-year deal for a fee in the region of £70m.

France Under-21 international Fofana has made 37 Premier League appearances since joining Leicester from French side Saint-Etienne in 2020.

He was restricted to just seven league games during the 2021-22 campaign after breaking his leg in pre-season.

Picture - Fofana in action for Leicester against Chelsea last season.

Credit - Alex Hannam | Flickr 

Chelsea v Leicester City - Premier League

This was one of his last moments for the club. It was a fairly defeat against Arsenal.

Arsenal v Leicester City

Fofana's initial fee makes him the 12th most expensive Premier League signing, but he will drop to 13th when Manchester United complete the £81.3m signing of Antony.

The Fofana deal takes Premier League clubs' record summer transfer window expenditure to almost £1.7 billion. A big % of this has come from Chelsea. Their chairman Todd Boehly - who has spent almost £250m in his first transfer window since buying the club from Roman Abramovich - told the media: "Wesley is a hugely promising defender who has already 

Fofana was part of Brendan Rodgers' starting eleven as Leicester won the FA Cup for the first time in their history by beating Chelsea in the 2021 final.

This summer Chelsea has brought in Raheem Sterling from Manchester City for £50m, Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli for £34m, Carney Chukwuemeka from Aston Villa for £20m, Marc Cucurella from Brighton for £60m and Cesare Casadei from Inter Milan.

Thomas Tuchel's side are eighth in the Premier League after Tuesday's 2-1 defeat at Southampton. How much of an impact will Fofana have?

Reaction

This was how Chelsea announced the signing.

One Chelsea fan replied: " Welcome Fofana.💪Now Buy those 2 missing consistent scorers to help Sterling."

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