{"id":4875,"date":"2026-05-06T14:17:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4875"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:17:26","slug":"chelseas-wesley-fofana-offered-to-barcelona-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4875","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea&#8217;s Wesley Fofana offered to Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea and Barcelona club badges (Photos by Ben Hoskins, Mike Hewitt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea reportedly look to be open to selling Wesley Fofana this summer as his representatives have offered him to Barcelona.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The French centre-back has struggled to find his best form at Stamford Bridge, despite initially looking like he\u2019d be a fine signing after impressing at former club Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, it could make sense for Chelsea to offload Fofana if there are any takers for him, with the Blues perhaps in need of a few sales this summer when accounting for the financial hit of missing out on Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST &#038; BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON <span role=\"presentation\"><u>APPLE<\/u><\/span> &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>GOOGLE PLAY<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Sacha Tavolieri, Fofana is someone who could be available for as little as \u20ac30m\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-qt lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">?? The Wesley Fofana file is on the Bar\u00e7a table. <\/p>\n<p>?? Let&#8217;s see what the Catalans decide to do with it&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>?? Details ??<\/p>\n<p>? https:\/\/t.co\/w50rGF4p7t <\/p>\n<p>?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportCH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SkySportCH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mercato?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#market<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCBlive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCBlive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sacha Tavolieri (@sachatavolieri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sachatavolieri\/status\/2051933504158486621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Posting on X, Tavolieri said: \u201c<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">The Wesley Fofana file is on the table at Bar\u00e7a \u2026 <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">To see what the Catalans decide to do with it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Barcelona may well be tempted by Fofana even if he hasn\u2019t been at his best for Chelsea, as there\u2019s every chance the 25-year-old could still revive his career in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Want more CaughtOffside coverage? 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