This sum would make him one of the three most expensive defenders in the history of the Premier League with Harry Maguire, who arrived at Manchester United for 78.3 M GBP (87 M EUR) and Virgil van Dijk, who moved to Liverpool for GBP 77m (EUR 85m).
He would also pass Lucas Hernandez as the most expensive French defender in history, Bayern Munich having paid 80 M EUR in 2019.
"One of the most highly rated young players in the Premier League arrives to further strengthen the defense of Thomas Tuchel", welcomed the Londoners in their press release, specifying that the former Stéphanois would commit for seven years.
“The last two days have been important days for me and I am very happy,” said Fofana, who had gone to conflict with his coach Brendan Rodgers to obtain his exit voucher and found himself in the press release. train with the reserves.
"I'm very excited to start playing for the fans and the club. I'm here to win trophies: the Champions League, the Premier League, the FA Cup, the League Cup, everything. !” he added.
He is the fourth big signing for Chelsea this summer, with the Blues spending over £140m (€165m) to bring in Marc Cucurella from Brigton, Raheem Sterling from Manchester City and Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli.
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