Chelsea supporters are not always the most patient, but their current frustration with one player is understandable.

They watched their side lose 1-0 to Sunderland last weekend in a game where Brian Brobbey bullied Levi Colwill for 45 minutes straight. Wesley Fofana coped with the powerful Sunderland striker much better, but Chelsea fans have not been convinced by his overall performances this season.

Things have got so bad that one Chelsea supporter begged Fofana to stay on the bench when he saw him get off the team bus at the Stadium of Light. Since then, we asked football fans on TalkingPoints who the club’s biggest disappointment has been in the current campaign.

Unsurprisingly, Fofana won the vote. One Chelsea supporter acknowledged the role injuries have played in Fofana’s form, but for him there is no getting away from the fact that the defender has now become a “liability”.

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philchristie1955

Fofana is a liability. Gusto has been asked to play different roles and hardly at RB which I would suggest is his natural position. So agreed, he has been poor but not necessarily his fault as compared to Fofana who has never been the same since his return from injury

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Sadly, there is no running away from this. Fofana has become a problem for Chelsea and a very expensive one.

The Blues signed the centre-back from Leicester City for £70m back in 2022. In terms of his salary, he is on more than £200,000 a week, according to Capology. It makes Fofana one of Chelsea’s highest-paid players.

Yet because of injuries, he has missed so much football. And when the Frenchman has played, he has looked anything but a £70m centre-half worth a £200,000-a-week salary.

One person actually thinks Fofana is the worst signing in Premier League history! It is harsh, but pound for pound, perhaps there is an argument.

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eoin

FOFANA!!! He is quite literally the worst signing in premier league history. Just more of the same this season.

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In four years, Fofana has made 60 Premier League appearances. He missed the entirety of the 2023/24 campaign, so Chelsea have got very little for what they paid for just in terms of availability.

Again, when the France international has been on the pitch, he has not been the most convincing. In the end, Fofana put up some solid numbers against Manchester United in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over their rivals.

However, he made two bad mistakes in the first half that any other team would have punished. An in-form United probably would have made the Blues pay, too.

Fofana has lapses in concentration and can take too long on the ball, which is what happened that day. There is a fear that after all his injuries, the former Leicester man will never be the defender he once was.

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george.patten

Fofana is so poor it’s almost hard to watch. Sometimes you have to cut your losses no matter how big the price tag was, he will never be a top prem centre back again

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The question now is what do Chelsea do with him? Xabi Alonso clearly needs to replace Fofana, but his wages mean most clubs will not go near him, while he is too much of an expensive asset to keep permanently on the bench.

Yes, without a doubt, Fofana has become a dilemma for Chelsea, one that fans want the club to wash their hands of.