So it came out that claims from Le Parisien aren’t exactly true. Earlier this week, the French broadsheet made a bold claim that Chelsea had agreed to a deal for Leicester City’s midfield lynchpin N’Golo Kanté. The French midfielder, who played a key role in Didier Deschamps’ France Euro 2016 squad, will have signed a five-year deal as per the report. You can read the full story here.
As it stands, there’s no such deal being done but the possibility of Kanté joining the Blues cannot be completely ruled out. According to reports from the Guardian, the Blues have made a £27m offer, plus an addition £3m in bonuses for the diminutive French midfielder, however, the offer is likely to be rejected.