The reported West Ham United and Leicester City target Wesley Fofana is ‘a little disturbed’ at present, according to his manager.
West Ham have had £33 million offer for Fofana turned down by Saint Etienne, according to Sky Sports.
But Le 10 Sport speaks only of a €32m (around £29.2m) bid from Leicester for the 19-year-old defender.
And the French website claims that Fofana is determined to leave the club, whose president is ‘open to the idea of an XXL sale’.
He is though, considered him an important member of the team by Claude Puel, the Saint Etienne and former Leicester boss.
So much so that his absence was felt when he failed to start either of Saint Etienne’s last two league fixtures – apparently due to injury and not the alleged interest of West Ham and Leicester.
After three straight wins and as many clean sheets with Fofana in the eleven, Puel’s side have drawn and lost their last two – conceding five goals in the process.
Speaking after Saturday’s 3-0 defeat to Rennes, though, the 59-year-old accepted that Fofana’s mind is not 100 per cent with Saint Etienne right now.
“There are players who are very important to us and when they are not lined up at the start, they are missing. (Yvan) Neyou, (Mathieu) Debuchy, even (Wesley) Fofana – even if he is a little disturbed at the moment. This team is missing them to evolve well,” Puel said, as quoted by Le 10 Sport.
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