N’Golo Kante kickstarts Chelsea exodus with Al-Ittihad switch confirmed
The midfielder, 32, departs Stamford Bridge on the expiry of his contract following seven years in west London.
During that point, Kante received the Premier League, Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup earlier than an injury-hit 2022-23 marketing campaign during which the workforce suffered a mediocre mid-table end.
That has prompted a mass clear-out of the squad forward of Mauricio Pochettino’s arrival with a number of stars tipped to be moved on.
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Flop signing Tiemoue Bakayoko was amongst plenty of fringe gamers lately launched however Kante is the primary senior participant to depart. Kalidou Koulibaly and Hakim Ziyech are additionally tipped to finish strikes to Saudi golf equipment amid their heavy funding within the switch window.
An Ittihad assertion learn: “Ittihad Club wishes Kante success in achieving the club’s goals and fulfilling the expectations of all the club’s fans and supporters during his time with the team.”
The Jeddah membership, managed by Nuno Espirito Santos, introduced the news late on Tuesday evening with a social media marketing campaign known as ‘#WelcomeBox2Box’.
Ittihad are the Saudi Pro League champions and signed Real Madrid legend Karim Benzema earlier in the summertime earlier than this week failing with a reported bid to signal Tottenham winger Heung-min Son.