Wesley Fofana joins Chelsea from Leicester City for reported £70m, signs seven-year deal at Stamford Bridge

Wesley Fofana has joined Chelsea on a seven-year deal, the Premier League club have announced. The 21-year-old joins the two-time European champions from Leicester City after a protracted summer-long transfer saga. The fee is said to be £70 million, with a further £5m in add-ons.

Ad «Wesley Fofana is a Chelsea player after today completing a move from Leicester City and signing a seven-year contract with the Blues,» read a statement on the club's website. Premier LeagueChelsea are in trouble – The Warm-Up7 HOURS AGO Chelsea had endured a frustrating chase for a second centre-back this summer. Having quickly sealed a deal for Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli, the Blues saw moves for Manchester City's Nathan Ake — a former Chelsea player — as well as Burnley’s James Tarkowski fall through.

Chelsea had even been linked with an eyebrow-raising move for Manchester United's Harry Maguire. Fofana becomes the seventh new signing for Chelsea this summer, the first transfer window of the post-Roman Abramovich era. Before the arrival of the Leicester defender, the Blues had already signed Raheem Sterling, Marc Cucurella, Carney Chukwuemeka, Kalidou Koulibaly, Cesare Casadei and goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina.

Wolves seal £15m signing of Kalajdzic from Stuttgart Everton linked to Garner transfer, Lampard expects to keep Gordon The Fofana deal takes Chelsea's total transfer spend to nearly £300m. It's also notable that Fofana, Sterling, Cucurella and Chukwuemeka all come from Premier League clubs. This continues an overall trend in the transfer market of the Premier League's richest clubs looking to pick up talent from inside the league, rather than elsewhere.