The Premier League player that could become the most expensive defender ever

On August 2019 Manchester United broke a world record. It paid €87 million to Leicester City for Harry Maguire, who remains the most expensive defender in history. In the same year, Juventus came close to that figure by paying just over 85 million for Dutch center-back Matthijs de Ligt.

Both cases surprisingly surpassed Virgil van Dijk’s transfer, another Dutchman for whom Liverpool paid around €84 million to Southhampton in 2018.

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After the crisis stemming from the pandemic, where no team could come close to those figures, apparently the market for defenders has returned to its old ways. In this window, the transfer of De Ligt himself has already been made official, in this case heading to Bayern Munich, which could thread up to 80 million euros between fixed and variables.

Chelsea are ready to break the record for another Leicester center-back

If the 'Foxes' already happily received the record-breaking fee for Harry Maguire, they could see the record broken again with another defender of their team, Wesley Fofana. Leicester value the player at 100 million euros, taking into account his projection and his recent renewal until 2027.

The 'Blues' made a first offer of approximately 70 million that was not accepted, so both the 'Daily Mail' and 'The Sun' claim that they could increase that offer to 90 million euros, an unprecedented sum for a defender.