Izuchukwu Okosi
Chelsea are intent on making a bid acceptable to Leicester City for defender Lesley Fofana with less than one week to the end of the summer transfer window.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelLeicester have vehemently refused to do business with the Blues who are looking to bolster their backline after the sales of Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger to Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively.
There are reports from the English tabloids that suggest that an improved £75m offer is on the table with the structure of the add-ons the only grey area to be sorted out.
The Telegraph report Thursday night that Leicester will gun for Borussia Dortmund centreback of Nigerian descent Manuel Akanji should they change their earlier stance on not selling Fofana, at least below the player’s valuation.
Akanji plays for the Switzerland national team and was also linked during the current transfer window to Arsenal.
The Telegraph also added that Chelsea have moved closer to agreeing a deal with Barcelona for former Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to return to the Premier League to reunite with manager Thomas Tuchel whom he worked with at Borrusia Dortmund.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
