Here at the tackle against the Marseillais Florian Thauvin, Wesley Fofana will realize one of his dreams by soon discovering the Premier League.

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The perseverance of Wesley Fofana and especially that of Leicester will eventually bend ASSE.

Three weeks after making a first offer to the tune of 25 million euros, the Foxes have indeed increased their proposal on Monday to the tune of 40 million euros (including 5 million euros of bonus) plus 20% in case of capital gain on a possible future transfer, as indicated to

20 Minutes by

the entourage of the 19-year-old defender.

đź”´ # ASSE have reached an agreement with @LCFC, current Premier League leader, for the transfer of Wesley #Fofana.

The decision to sell the player for a record amount was taken collegially by the Management Board and the shareholders.



📝 Read the full press release 👇

- AS Saint-Étienne (@ASSEofficiel) September 29, 2020

And despite the strong determination of the Stéphanois manager Claude Puel to keep his player, who had extended the adventure in his training club in April (until 2024), he is preparing to join his friend William Saliba (sold to Arsenal for 30 million euros during the summer of 2019) in the Premier League.

There remains only the medical examination and some details of the contract to complete before the total officialization of the transfer.

49 L1 games and 70 million euros for the Saliba-Fofana duo

The Saint-Etienne club has in any case already published a press release on Tuesday evening to announce “an agreement concluded” with the current leader of the English championship, and accepted “collegially by the management board and the shareholders”.

"The amount of this transfer is the largest ever obtained by the club", confirms without surprise ASSE, which could therefore pocket up to 70 million euros in two transfers made across the Channel on kids trained at the club and cumulating only 49 Ligue 1 matches.

Will Wesley Fofana @Wesley_Fofanaa still be Stéphanois on October 6, despite an offer of € 28.5 million from Leicester? Before his return to Marseille this evening for #OMASS, @ 20Minutes asked his entourage to understand the state of mind of the player.

@ thirteen013 https://t.co/hTT3gs2lDn

- Jérémy Laugier (@JeremyLaugier) September 17, 2020

The very serious site Transfermarkt also currently estimates the value of Wesley Fofana at… 10 million euros.

Very far from the “exceptional offer” which made ASSE falter on Tuesday.

Welcome to the madness of the Premier League, whose market does not seem to be much affected by the economic crisis linked to Covid-19.

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