Monaco Seek New Terms For Wout Faes €7.5m Option — Leicester City F.c.

Monaco want to renegotiate the purchase option on leicester city f.c. defender Wout Faes, and the reported €7.5million fee is now described as very low likely to be paid in full. The move also reaches Simon Adingra, with Monaco looking to adjust terms on both loan players rather than simply trigger the existing deals.

Faes And Monaco

Faes went to Monaco in January and played 14 league games for the club, starting 13 of them. He also played every minute of two Champions League matches against Paris Saint-Germain, then ended his spell in a 5-4 defeat to Strasbourg.

That Strasbourg game was a rough finish. L’Equipe gave him a 3/10 rating and said he was outmatched, which leaves Monaco weighing whether to push for another loan spell or a lower transfer fee instead of paying the full option.

Leicester City F.c. Contract Pressure

The 28-year-old still has one year left on his Leicester City contract, and he joined from Reims in 2022 for a reported £15m. He has made 135 appearances for Leicester City, but there seems to be zero prospect of him playing for City in League One.

Leicester also face uncertainty around pretty much all of the club's players and all four centre backs, while manager Marti Cifuentes has already dropped Faes. That leaves the defender in a awkward spot: valued enough for Monaco to keep talking, but not on terms Monaco seem ready to accept.

Simon Adingra And Sunderland

Adingra is part of the same renegotiation, and Sunderland are due €17m for him. Monaco are tempted to keep both players because their contributions pleased the Monaco management, but the current stance points toward a harder bargain than the original options suggested.

For Leicester, the practical issue is simple. Faes is not being framed as a player to reintegrate, and Monaco’s hesitation over the €7.5million option means the deal can still move in more than one direction — a renewed loan, a lower fee, or a longer negotiation over terms.