{"id":38181,"date":"2026-01-22T05:11:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/leicester-city-again-linked-with-unfit-transfer-to-chelsea\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T05:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:11:30","slug":"leicester-city-again-linked-with-unfit-transfer-to-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/leicester-city-again-linked-with-unfit-transfer-to-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester City again linked with unfit transfer to Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Datro Fofana celebrates Fatih Karagmuluk&#8217;s goal (Photo by Ahmad Mora\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leicester City are reportedly interested in Chelsea striker David Datolo Fofana again, but they may struggle to make a move happen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Leicester Mercury, this is not the first time the Foxes have been linked with the Blues&#8217; ace, who is thought to be available on the market.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Chelsea have recalled Fofana from his loan spell with Turkish club Fatih Karagmurk, where he starred this season.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea now appear to be considering letting Fofana go permanently, which could make the move more expensive for Leicester, who prefer to rent him.<\/p>\n<h2>Leicester City consider loan deal for David Datolo Fofana to boost promotion hopes<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Datolo Fofana on loan at Burnley (Photo by Matt McNulty\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It has been a tough season for Leicester, who have returned to the Championship after being relegated to the Premier League last season.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no guarantee the Foxes will even move up the table right away, but as they currently sit five points out of the play-offs, it&#8217;s not impossible that a strong second half of the season could help make them more serious contenders.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of a striker would be ideal for Leicester and Fofana looks like a player who can thrive at that level.<\/p>\n<p>The Ivory Coast international looked promising when he first joined Chelsea, but it now seems clear he has no future at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see where he goes next, but it will be a challenge for Leicester to win the race for his signature this January.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Datro Fofana celebrates Fatih Karagmuluk&#8217;s goal (Photo by Ahmad Mora\/Getty Images) Leicester City are reportedly interested in Chelsea striker David Datolo Fofana again, but they may struggle to make a move happen. According to the Leicester Mercury, this is not the first time the Foxes have been linked with the Blues&#8217; ace, who is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-38181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}