Chelsea target spotted in rival Premier League shirt as £115m deal agreed and medical booked

Malick Fofana has been spotted successful a Manchester United shirt. The Olympique Lyonnais winger has been heavy linked with a determination to the Premier League this summertime pursuing his awesome performances successful the French top-flight.

Fofana, whose declaration astatine the Groupama Stadium expires successful June 2028, featured 29 times successful Ligue 1 this season, scoring 5 goals and providing 4 assists. Playing a cardinal relation for Paulo Fonseca's side, he helped the French giants decorativeness sixth and suffice for the Conference League.

Despite finishing 24 points wide of the bottommost three, Lyon were relegated to the 2nd tier past week owed to the mediocre finances. While they await the result of their appeal, John Textor has resigned from his enactment presumption connected the board, with Michele Kang appointed arsenic the caller chairwoman.

In the meantime, Fofana – similar galore different players astatine Lyon – faces an uncertain future. But, alternatively than sweat implicit his future, the youngster has been moving hard to enactment fit up of the caller season.

On Sunday, Fofana uploaded a mates of pictures from a backstage grooming league with friends. Rather than donning Lyon cogwheel oregon neutral sportswear, the Belgium planetary threw connected a afloat Manchester United kit with Marcus Rashford's sanction and fig 10 connected the back.

Shortly aft signing with a caller bureau backmost successful April, Fofana was quizzed connected his aboriginal astatine Lyon and involvement from the Premier League. Speaking to Football Insider, helium said: "Honestly, I perceive astir it.

"But it doesn’t impact maine truthful I conscionable absorption connected myself, and I cognize erstwhile I bash large that the remainder volition come. I ticker a batch of the Premier League, I cognize determination is simply a batch of large clubs so, for the moment, I conscionable privation to marque that instrumentality connected the pitch."

Fofana added: "In my caput I said to myself, 'This play I person to amusement myself to the world'. I cognize I americium susceptible of that. I cognize my talents.

"I cognize what I tin do, truthful it was conscionable a substance of time. I cognize radical volition ever talk. I enactment calm, I person a large mentality truthful I cognize it volition come."

Earlier this month, football.london reported that Chelsea were funny successful signing Fofana. The Belgian was 1 of respective near wingers connected Enzo Maresca's shortlist earlier the Blues wrapped up a £55m woody for Jamie Gittens.

It's understood that Chelsea initiated interaction with Lyon to research the anticipation of a transfer, but the Borussia Dortmund prima was ever the superior target. Gittens, who is acceptable to motion a a seven-year declaration astatine Stamford Bridge, is expected to travel the accomplishment of Joao Pedro.

football.london understands that Chelsea and Brighton person agreed a £55m deal, positive £5m successful add-ons, for the 23-year-old forward. Pedro, who sees his existent woody astatine the Amex Stadium expire successful June 2028, was heavy linked with a determination to Newcastle United earlier the westbound Londoners swooped in.

The Brazil planetary is also acceptable to motion a seven-year declaration astatine Stamford Bridge, taxable to a medical. Pedro volition present articulation up with the squad up of Chelsea's clash against Palmeiras successful the Club World Cup quarterfinals.

He could marque his debut for the westbound Londoners this play if he's registered earlier the tournament's deadline connected Thursday, July 3...

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