At Leicester last in U23
On Saturday (4 p.m.) Chelsea and Leicester City meet in the Premier League and should clarify the last details for the most expensive change of a central defender in football history on the sidelines of the game. According to media reports, there has been a breakthrough in the week-long transfer poker between the two clubs, which is about the future of Wesley Fofana (21).
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What first “RMC Sports” and shortly after “The Athletic” and Fabrizio Romano reported, Transfermarkt can confirm: The “Foxes”, who recently insisted on around 95 million euros, have agreed with the “Blues” on a transfer fee of 88 million euros. This makes Fofana the most expensive central defender in history, overtaking Harry Maguire (29), for whom Manchester United paid €87m in 2019 – also to Leicester.
Will Fofana soon trump Maguire? Most expensive central defenders in history
22 Shkodran Mustafi | From Valencia to Arsenal in 2016 for €41m
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19 Thiago Silva | 2012 for €42m from Milan to PSG
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19 Davinson Sanchez | 2017 for €42m from Ajax to Tottenham
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19 Leonardo Bonucci | 2017 for €42m from Juventus to Milan
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18 Dayot Upamecano | 2021 for €42.5 million from RB to FC Bayern
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17 Nicolas Otamendi | 2015 for €44.5m from Valencia to Man City
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16 Eliaquim Mangala | 2014 for €45m from Porto to Man City
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15 Nathan Aké | 2020 for €45.3m from Bournemouth to Man City
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14 Rio Ferdinand | Leeds to Man United for €46m in 2002
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13 David Luis | From Chelsea to PSG in 2014 for €49.5m
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11 Éder Militao | €50m transfer from Porto to Real Madrid in 2019
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11 Jules Koundé | 2022 for €50m from Sevilla to FC Barcelona
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10 John Stone’s | From Everton to Man City in 2016 for €55.6m
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9 Lisandro Martínez | 2022 for €57.37m from Ajax to Man United
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8 Ben White | From Brighton & Hove to Arsenal in 2021 for €58.5m
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7 Aymeric Laporte | 2018 for €65m from Bilbao to Man City
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6 Matthijs de Ligt | In 2022 for €67 million from Juventus to FC Bayern
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5 Ruben Dias | 2020 for €68m from Benfica to Man City
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4 Lucas Hernández | 2019 for €80 million from Atlético to FC Bayern
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3 Virgil van Dijk | 2018 for €84.65m from Southampton to Liverpool
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2 Matthijs de Ligt | 2019 for €85.5m from Ajax to Juventus
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Unlike the deal three years ago, the transfer this year is going through with some background noise. Fofana was only banished to the U23s by coach Brandon Rodgers during the week. “If you don’t have the right attitude, we have to move on. The window will close soon and things will be a lot clearer then,” the 49-year-old said on Thursday. Everything was “totally different” with Maguire, “in terms of behavior and his focus on the club, it was fantastic until the last minute,” said Rodgers.
Nevertheless, Leicester can now look forward to a huge transfer plus. In the summer of 2020, the 2016 English champions paid AS Saint-Étienne €35m, two years later Fofana went for more than double that. And this despite the fact that the Frenchman missed large parts of the past season with a broken fibula and only made his comeback in April of this year.
Leicester: Fofana ahead of Chelsea move – Blues chase record spending
Chelsea are extending their lead in terms of transfer spending with the acquisition of Fofana, who is already the third new signing for more than €50m this summer (to the overview of all clubs). With then around 290 million euros, the “Blues” are approaching the record set by Real Madrid, which took a total of 325.5 million euros in 2019.
Highest transfer spend in a summer: PSG, Real & Barça represented twice
10 PSG | 2018/19 | Additions: 5 | Expenditure: 222 million euros
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Transfer balance: -113.5 million euros
9 FC Barcelona | 2017/18 | Additions: 5 | Expenditure: EUR 232.7 million
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Transfer balance: -6.7 million euros
8 PSG | 2017/18 | Additions: 4 | Expenditure: 238 million euros
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Transfer balance: -168 million euros
7 Chelsea | Season 2020/21 | Additions: 7 | Expenditure: EUR 247.2 million
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Transfer balance: -190.7 million euros
6 Atlético Madrid | 2019/20 | Additions: 9 | Expenditure: EUR 247.4 million
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Transfer balance: +61.1 million euros
5 Manchester City | 2017/18 | Additions: 8 | Expenditure: 248.5 million euros
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Transfer balance: -157.1 million euros
4 Real Madrid | 2009/10 | Additions: 8 | Expenditure: EUR 258.5 million
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Transfer balance: -170 million euros
3 Juventus | 2018/19 | Additions: 8 | Expenditure: EUR 259.1 million
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Transfer balance: -166.5 million euros
2 FC Barcelona | 2019/20 | Additions: 6 | Expenditure: 273.5 million euros
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Transfer balance: -123.1 million euros
1 Real Madrid | 2019/20 | Additions: 8 | Expenditure: 325.5 million euros
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Transfer balance: -190 million euros
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