Foot Mercato first reported that Leicester City defender Wout Faes (27) was nearing a move to AS Monaco on Monday evening. Nice-Matin now report that the deal has moved rapidly, to the extent that he is already training with his new teammates at the Principality club on Tuesday morning. 

As reported by L’Équipe, Faes’ move to Monaco is expected to be a loan with a buy option estimated to be worth between €5-10m. His signing comes amid a defensive crisis at the Principality club. Mohammed Salisu is out until the end of the season with an ACL injury, Christian Mawissa is out for several weeks with a muscular injury, and Eric Dier has only just returned to fitness, having hardly played a minute of football since the start of October.

Reinforcements are therefore a must. Faes’ move to Monaco is now completed, Nice-Matin understands. He is even already in training at the club’s performance centre in La Turbie this morning.