HERE WE GO! Wesley Fofana To Chelsea!

The man has said it...

There’s that 1% when Fabrizio Romano has said ‘Here We Go’ and the deal has not gone through, so I’d still encourage you all to keep that Champagne on ice for now at least. But you WILL be popping it very soon!

Sources tell me this morning that everything is agreed and done for Wesley Fofana to join Chelsea, bar the final sign off. This is only not done because Leicester City wanted to wait until after today’s game to officially confirm everything. They are annoyed that this has come out now, but that isn’t on Chelsea and won’t effect anything.

Fofana is signing for Chelsea for £70m plus add-ons bringing it to £75m. There are more ‘unrealistic’ add-ons in the deal, but they are highly unlikely to be hit anyway.

The French international is joining Chelsea on a 6-year-deal, and the transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has this morning just given the ‘HERE WE GO!’ which is pretty much as good as an official announcement.

I’d be surprised if we see the announcement today, it will probably come tomorrow or early next week, depending on the medical. But Fofana is joining Chelsea, and it will not be for a world record fee for a defender!

I’m very happy to be jumping back on here on my ‘days off’ for this reason, so pleased to get this one done!

Simon Phillips