Why Wout Faes is a great Leicester signing

For the past couple of seasons, a young Frenchmen by the name of Wesley Fofana was considered to be the future of the Leicester City defensive backline.

It had been a couple of roller coaster seasons for Fofana at the club. Injuries would often halt his great run of games. But, whenever the Frenchmen was on the pitch, he was brilliant. After being nursed back to full strength and signing an extension with the club, the future seemed great for Fofana and City.

Then Fofana would demand to be sold to Chelsea and things would spiral out of control. Cryptic posts were made by Fofana, Brendan Rodgers forced him to train with the youth academy and he was kept out of games. Eventually, The Foxes would eventually sell Fofana to Chelsea for a transfer fee of around £70million. With there being just a couple of games until the season starts, fans wondered if Leicester could find a replacement before the end of the summer transfer window.

The day after the transfer window ended, Leicester announced the signing of Belgian center-back Wout Faes. The East Midlands team signed the 24-year-old for £15m. Fans wondered if Faes could fill the hole left by Fofana. After his first couple of games, Faes has proved to be a great signing for Leicester City.