Leicester defender Wesley Fofana makes Most Valuable list
New Leicester City signing and star centre-back Wesley Fofana has made the World’s Most Valuable Young Footballer list.
How a 19-year-old can enter the Premier League and instantly make playing away games at Arsenal and Leeds United seem simple and effortless, is beyond me. But that is exactly the shrewd and composed impact that French starlet Wesley Fofana has made at Leicester City.
Brendan Rodgers was keen to strengthen his back line for the current season; a player with class, technique and a solid mentality were craved on Filbert Way. Though the target was also to be a defender who is fresh enough to be developed at the King Power club.
Fofana has become the absolute epitome of that specification; one thrust into the limelight and the proverbial furnace of the English top-flight. To that end, he has performed admirably. So well, in fact, that notable media outlets I’ve perused have mentioned him. And now he’s named among a prestigious collection of talent.
Wesley Fofana makes Most Valuable list
The “CIES Football Observatory list of the highest estimated transfer values for big-5 league players born in the 2000s” rates and deduces pricetags for all fine youth athletes aged-20 and under in the sport.
Alphonso Davies of Bayern Munich is at the top of the 100 chosen men; his price, according to the Football Observatory, would be approximately £162.5 million. Fofana is 21st, with a distinctly low relative worth of €33.2m.
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