OM is attempting an XXL transfer, it’s confirmed!

A native of Marseille and under contract with Chelsea, Wesley Fofana was contacted by Medhi Benatia during the last summer transfer window. The central defender of the France team had already revealed this approach of the OM sports director last September, and he has just confirmed that Benatia was contacted by telephone at Téléfoot's microphone.

Even though he was trained and revealed in the ranks of theASSE, Wesley Breathing (23 years old) is especially a big fan ofABOUT. A native of the Marseille city, the central defender of Chelsea and theFrench team (1 selection) has never hidden his love for his hometown club. Medhi Benatia knows this very well, and this is also the reason why the sporting director of OM attempted a very big coup during the last market summer with Breathing.

OM tried Fofana

In September, at the microphone of Free Foot, Wesley Fofana had revealed an approach toABOUT : « I had a call that really touched me. It would be a lie to say that I didn't calculate it. It was Medhi Benatia, from Olympique de Marseille, the sports director. And it sure touched me. I think everyone knows why and… I had a thought. But there you go, the objective at the moment is to succeed at Chelsea, to try to string together matches, to establish myself in my club “, he confided.

“There is OM in a part of my heart”

In an interview given to Téléfoot this weekend, Wesley Fofana shed light on the interest shown in him byABOUT last summer with the famous phone call from Benatia : « We got a call from Mr. Benatia and it sure makes my heart go boom. I was coming back from injury, I don't know if I was going to be part of the project directly from the club. I had a discussion with the coach, he told me that he was counting on me this year so I said that I was very happy, that I was 100% with Chelsea. But then it’s certain that there is OM in a part of my heart. We'll see », continues the player Chelsea.