A couple of days ago we covered a claim from France’s Le Parisien that Chelsea had come to an agreement to sign N’Golo Kante for a fee of €35m. There had been earlier claims that Kante had a release clause set at a lower amount, but those had always seemed rather shaky.
On Friday morning France Football report that Chelsea have submitted a bid for Kante, and the amount is set at €36m. That’s quite a curious figure, especially given the earlier claims of €35m.
Perhaps it’s a currency fluctuation, and Chelsea’s offer is presented to Leicester City in sterling, which would obviously make sense given they are both English clubs.
€36m works out today to be £30m, so we’d assume the figure was always £30m, and maybe the claims of an agreement were a step too far.
France Football say talks are ongoing.
