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Saint-Etienne accepted an offer from Leicester City by Wesley Fofana, which would make the defender the biggest sale in the club’s history.
Fofana, 19, has caught the Premier League’s attention this season thanks to his performances for the French club.
The young man made 24 appearances in all competitions in 2019-20 before the season was cancelled in March, scoring two goals.
West Ham had also moved to Fofana, while Leicester had several rejections.
But Saint-Étienne has now shown that it has accepted a record estimated at 30 million pounds ($ 38. 5 million).
“AS Saint-Etienne reached an agreement with Leicester, the current leader of the English Premier League, on Tuesday night for defence move Wesley Fofana,” the club revealed in a post on its official website.
“The amount of this movement is the largest ever received through the club.
“The resolution to sell the player was made jointly through the Board and shareholders. ASSE accepted Leicester’s exceptional offer, mainly in view of the dubious economic environment caused by the fitness crisis. “
In addition, although it presented a positive monetary result for the 2019-2020 monetary year and for the tenth consecutive year, lately the club’s room for maneuver has been reduced particularly due to the really broad commitments made in its previous project, in 2018, 2019. and until early summer 2020.
Wesley Fofana, coached at the club and winner of the 2019 Gambardella Cup, was revealed last season, under the direction of Claude Puel. It was with the Director General of ASSE, appointed to lead the Greens in October 2019, that he made impressive progress, thus being built at the highest level.
Last season Wesley Fofana played 14 Ligue 1 matches, six in the Coupe de France, adding the maximum opposite to PSG, two in the League Cup and two in the UEFA Europa League. At 19, he is already one of the greatest French talents of his generation. “
Fofana is expected to be Leicester’s third signing, following the arrival of Timothy Castagne of Atalanta and Roma Loanee Cengiz Under.