Chelsea have an agreement in place with Servette FC for the transfer of striker David Datro Fofana.
According to journalist Sacha Tavolieri, the Blues will receive around £3 million in total for the striker from the Swiss outfit.
Servette FC have offered a three-year contract to the Cote d’Ivoire international, who could travel to Switzerland this morning to complete his transfer.
The Blues will earn an initial £2.1 million, with around £900,000 to be paid in add-ons for the striker.
Datro Fofana joined the Blues in January 2023 from Molde for £10 million, appearing four times for the club before a series of loans.
He has played for Union Berlin, Burnley, and Goztepe on loan from Chelsea in the last three years, but has not found a permanent home since.
He scored eight goals in 15 appearances for Turkish top-flight side Fatih Karagumruk in the first half of the 2025-26 season before Chelsea recalled him from his loan to try to sell him.
A sale did not work out, and he ended up spending the rest of the season on loan at Strasbourg, where he failed to score a single goal.
Datro Fofana was very highly regarded when Chelsea brought him in, but he has failed to live up to the initial hype generated by his transfer.
He has been training on his own away from Xabi Alonso’s side, after being designated as a member of the original infamous ‘bomb squad’ back in 2024.
The Ivorian has not been a first-team option for years, and will be pleased to leave the club on a permanent basis, as it will guarantee him some much-needed stability in his career.
Chelsea’s mass exodus will continue in the final week of the transfer window, with several players still to be sold before deadline day.
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