Chelsea will sign the Ivorian fofana, from the mould

Dec 28 (Reuters) – Chelsea have reached a preliminary deal to sign Ivorian striker David Datro Fofana from Norwegian champions Molde FK.

The 20-year-old is set to join Chelsea on January 1 for an undisclosed fee, but Norwegian media have reported he is worth more than 130 million Norwegian kroner ($13.15 million), a record for a move to the country. .

Fofana made his debut for the Ivory Coast in a friendly against Burundi (4-0) in November.

The striker was Molde’s top scorer in the 2022 season, with 15 goals in the top flight of Norwegian football.

(1 dollar = 9.8860 Norwegian kroner) (Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk Edited by Javier López de Lérida in Spanish)

Reuters