Leicester City: Wesley Fofana reveals transfer intentions and talks

Leicester City wonderkid Wesley Fofana has spoken about his dream clubs after recent speculation around Chelsea interest. Here is what you should know.

Brendan Rodgers will be left scratching his head after revelations from Kasper Schmeichel and Fofana have been made regarding potential transfers away from the club. Regarding the French defender, there is plenty of news to unpack.

In this piece, I am going to briefly summarise why the wonderkid is so important to Leicester, what he has said, and how likely a transfer away from the King Power could be on the basis of the news.

Leicester City’s best defender

It is an undeniable fact that – statistically – Fofana is the Foxes best defender by a mile. In almost every possible metric – bar his foul tendency – the player dominates the team. In fact, if you measure the defender against stylistically comparable defenders, he is miles ahead of them too.

Using data collected over the last couple of seasons from FB Ref, Fofana is clear of his five closest stylistic comparisons in terms of passing, defensive actions, shot creating actions, and possessive actions.

Looking at his tackling alone, the aggressive defender has made 69 tackles over these couple of seasons, with 46 of those ending in possession gained for the French star. In the middle third of the pitch, he made 25 of those tackles to win the ball higher up the pitch.