{"id":4815,"date":"2026-05-06T12:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4815"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:10:42","slug":"european-giants-add-wesley-fofana-to-internal-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4815","title":{"rendered":"European giants add Wesley Fofana to &#8220;internal list&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Barcelona are being linked with Wesley Fofana, who is not having the best time at Chelsea this season. We\u2019d love a move.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sacha Tavolieri is today linking Barcelona with interest in Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana.<\/p>\n<p>The defender has been \u201coffered\u201d to the Catalan club, and his name has been \u201cadded to an extended internal list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alessandro Bastoni of Inter is their top choice, but may prove difficult to sign. Fofana is now part of the queue behind him. The Frenchman \u201cremains highly regarded for his inherent qualities\u201d, even if his serious injury issues are something of a red flag.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are said to wait \u20ac30m plus bonuses for Fofana, whom they signed for \u20ac80m not long ago.<\/p>\n<h2>Barcelona add Fofana to defensive shortlist<\/h2>\n<p>Talk about \u201ctoo good to be true.\u201d Fofana has spent most of his time at Chelsea injured, and this season he\u2019s been pretty dreadful when he\u2019s actually played. Not only that, his bad attitude on the pitch give all the signs we need that he\u2019s part of the toxic, uncompetitive dressing room we\u2019ve created.<\/p>\n<p>Selling him cut-price to Barcelona would be a dream scenario. We just can\u2019t imagine they\u2019d be too interested, given the above.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Joao Pedro is also a target for Barcelona, and the Catalan giants have already met with the player\u2019s representatives.<\/p>\n<p>JP\u2019s deal was just the sort Chelsea need to be doing more of \u2013 proven Premier League players who can improve the first team right away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Wesley Fofana<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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