Nottingham Forest seems to have gone to Chelsea in the race to win the signature of Malick Fofana on the side of Lyon.
Malick Fofana emerged as one of Lyon's brightest young stars after moving from Gent in January 2024, he played 41 times in all arenas with 11 goals and had 6 more assists last season.
This 20 -year -old player winged, he was judged to have a very bright future. However, Fofana could be one of many players who left the club this summer due to financial difficulties. Fofana is valued at about 43 million pounds, in which Chelsea is one of many leading European clubs interested in England.
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Bayern Munich and Napoli also contacted to complete the agreement with this young talent, but Fabrizio Romano reported that Nottingham Forest has now reached an agreement with the French club. Also according to Romano, the team led by Nuno Santo has not reached the personal agreement with this player.
Fofana also contracted with Lyon until in the summer of 2028, he was said to be given priority to land on a club participating in the Champions League. Chelsea are trying to enhance the depth of the squad in the wing position, they are also very close to Jamie Gittens of Dortmund.
Agreement with Brighton's versatile striker Joao Pedro is about to complete, but the club still wants to add more players because they are also considering selling Noni Madueke to Arsenal.