Chelsea have been given a huge boost in their attempts to prize defender Wesley Fofana away from Leicester City.
football.london understands that the Blues had an offer of around £50m plus add-ons rejected for the player with the Foxes holding out for a package worth at least £20m more and a total package of over £70m. This comes as Thomas Tuchel looks to frantically strengthen his defence ahead of the weekend's Premier League opener against Everton.
As it currently stands the German will likely field a defence comprising of Reece James, Trevor Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Kalidou Koulibaly and one of Marcos Alonso or Ben Chilwell, but with the futures of Cesar Azpilicueta and Alonso still up in the end, Tuchel wants reassurances for his backline.
