The bid is Chelsea’s fourth for the French centre-back, having seen an upfront bid of around £60m rejected by the Foxes earlier this week. Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers earlier confirmed Fofana, who missed last weekend’s defeat to Southampton amid speculation over his future, would also be unavailable for Saturday’s trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player The Good Morning Transfer panel discuss whether Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers is handling the Wesley Fofana transfer speculation right. Fofana is keen on a move to the Blues and, speaking after Leicester’s penalty shoot-out win at Stockport in the Carabao Cup, Rodgers confirmed the player has been training with the club’s U23s after failing to turn up for training last week. “He won’t be available for the weekend and has been training with the U23s,” Rodgers told reporters ahead of Saturday’s game. “I’m not sure [if a deal will get done], my concentration is on the players we have and the team. I can’t waste energy. If something is going to happen, it will be with the clubs. Until that happens, we just have to work with what we have.” Rodgers added: “Hopefully (there will be some signings between now and the end of the window). That would be great for the club to be able to do that, improving the squad is always important. But until that changes, it will let’s work with what we have.” Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers confirms the club have rejected another bid from Chelsea for Wesley Fofana and has expressed hope that the situation will be resolved sooner rather than later. A third bid from Chelsea for Fofana, worth a total of £70m, was promptly rejected earlier this week. Chelsea’s latest bid is believed to be £60m with a possible £10m in add-ons – but the additional payments were described to Sky Sports News as “ambitious” targets. Chelsea had previously had two bids in excess of £60m rejected.
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