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Wesley Fofana keeps pace with Kylian Mbappé during Saint-Étienne’s Coupe de la Ligue quarter-final at PSG in January.
Wesley Fofana keeps pace with Kylian Mbappé during Saint-Étienne’s Coupe de la Ligue quarter-final at PSG in January. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
Wesley Fofana keeps pace with Kylian Mbappé during Saint-Étienne’s Coupe de la Ligue quarter-final at PSG in January. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Leicester agree £36.5m deal to sign Wesley Fofana from St Etienne

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  • Central defender was also a target for West Ham
  • Fee for 19-year-old Frenchman includes add-ons

Leicester are close to signing Wesley Fofana from St Etienne after agreeing a deal worth up to €40m (£36.5m) for the central defender.

The 19-year-old Frenchman has also been targeted by West Ham but Leicester had the wherewithal to make an acceptable offer that includes add-ons, and personal terms have been agreed.

St Etienne had contemplated holding on to Fofana for a further season in the expectation that his value would rise. He is in line to become the second defender to join Leicester this summer, after Timothy Castagne was signed as a replacement for Ben Chilwell, who moved to Chelsea.

West Ham’s search for defensive reinforcements continues, with Slavia Prague’s right-back Vladimir Coufal and the Napoli central defender Nikola Maksimovic among the players they are considering.

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