FOOTBALL NEWS – LEICESTER CITY DEFENDER WESLEY FOFANA SUFFERS HORROR INJURY IN PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY
There were distressing scenes at the King Power Stadium on Wednesday night as Leicester City’s 20-year-old French defender Wesley Fofana suffered what appeared to be a serious injury in his side’s pre-season friendly against Villarreal. The player’s injury caused players and staff visibly upset when they saw the extent of the damage.
Two Leicester City stars named in Europe’s 100 most valuable players
Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford leads the way, but two City players also make the list, with Youri Tielemans now said to be worth double what Leicester paid for him
Two Leicester City stars have been ranked among Europe’s 100 most valuable players.
Youri Tielemans and Harvey Barnes feature alongside top players from the continent’s biggest clubs in the latest list released by Swiss statisticians at CIES Football Observatory, whose algorithm takes performance quality, age, contract length, international experience, nationality, and more into consideration.
Tielemans is the most valuable player at City, according to CIES, the Belgian midfielder ranking 58th on the list at £64m, one place behind compatriot Kevin De Bruyne, and at a price that is double the £32m, he cost Leicester when he arrived from Monaco in 2019.
Barnes just makes the list in 100th spot, coming in with a valuation of £48.3m. And he is not the only City Academy graduate on the list, with Ben Chilwell, sold to Chelsea last summer for £50m, ranking 87th at £52.3m.
Another former City defender, Harry Maguire, is 83rd on the list, the now Manchester United captain said to be worth £54m.
At the very top of the list is Marcus Rashford, coming in at a whopping £150.1m. Erling Haaland, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Bruno Fernandes, and Kylian Mbappe round out the top five.
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