Chelsea paid £75m to sign Wesley Fofana from Leicester City in the summer of 2022.

Fofana was signed as a buzzing young player from Leicester City, and was 21 at the time. However, persistent injuries have curtailed his growth at Chelsea.

Wesley Fofana has now revealed he was approached to leave Chelsea over the summer and he was very tempted to take it.

Fofana was born in Marseille and is a fan of the Ligue 1 side. Fofana had contact with Marseille, and he admits he was tempted by the opportunity to move home.

“I had a conversation that really touched me,” Fofana told Free Foot.

“I would be lying if I said I didn’t weigh it up. It was from [Mehdi] Benatia, Marseille’s sporting director.

“It touched me and I think everyone knows why. I thought about it but there you go, the current objective is to succeed at Chelsea, to try and play regularly, and to establish myself at my club.”

Fofana has made just 23 appearances for the Blues. He seems fit this season, and is so far a key player for Enzo Maresca, and has started all three of Chelsea’s Premier League games so far this campaign.