Transfer: Chelsea to submit third offer for Fofana

Chelsea are ready to submit a third bid for Leicester City defender, Wesley Fofana, according to Sky Sports.

The Blues have already seen two offers for the 21-year-old rejected.

Neither bid was close to the Foxes’ valuation of the player, and Chelsea have other central defensive targets they are considering should the new approach fail.

Leicester don’t want to sell Fofana and are confident of keeping the defender who signed an extended contract in March for another five years.

Despite the signing of Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli, another central defender remains a priority for Thomas Tuchel, following the departures of Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen.

Approaches for Manchester City’s Nathan Ake and Sevilla’s Jules Kounde have so far failed.