Chelsea Confirms £75m Signing Of Fofana From Leicester

Chelsea on Wednesday unveiled former Leicester City defender on a deal worth £75m ($87m) the club’s website announced.

The deal takes Chelsea’s spending spree to about $270m on defenders (Marc Cucurella, $65m and Kalidou Koulibaly, $38m).

Fofana has thus become one of the most expensive defenders in soccer history after securing the move to Chelsea.

England international Harry Maguire, who also left Leicester to join Manchester United in 2019 for 80 million pounds, is the only defender to have cost more than Fofana. Virgil van Dijk completed a move to Liverpool in January 2018 for a similar fee as Fofana’s.

A ball-playing center back who is an excellent reader of the game, Fofana has signed a seven-year deal with Chelsea.

“Wesley is a hugely promising defender who has already proven his quality in the Premier League at a young age,” said Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly, who has spent big in his first transfer window since fronting the purchase of the club from Roman Abramovich.

“We are delighted we were able to bring one of Europe´s most exciting talents to Chelsea and further strengthen that area of our squad, both for this season and many more to come.”

Fofana had his medical in the United States and made his way back to London early Wednesday morning to sign the necessary paperwork.