The reason Chelsea parted ways with N'Golo Kante

Chelsea and N'Golo Kante have been negotiating a contract extension for some time now, but the two sides have yet to reach an agreement, while Saudi Arabia is due to visit London this week to explore the possibility of signing the 32-year-old French midfielder.

N'Golo Kante leaves Chelsea to join Al-Ittihad alongside Karim Benzema

After just one day of negotiations, N'Golo Kante has agreed terms to join Al-Ittihad. Meanwhile, Chelsea have also agreed to stop negotiating a contract extension and will part ways with the French star at the end of this month when his contract expires. N'Golo Kante joined Stamford Bridge in 2016, winning the Premier League in 2017, the Champions League in 2021 and the Europa League in 2019.

Saying goodbye to N'Golo Kante, Chelsea will no longer have many options for the central midfield position when the remaining player, Kovacic, is also likely to go to Man City.

However, according to MailOnline : "Coach Mauricio Pochettino is aiming for a younger squad for Chelsea. This coach and the team's leadership are negotiating with Brighton Club to recruit midfielder Moises Caicedo for a fee of up to 80 million pounds to replace N'Golo Kante. This negotiation is making many positive steps, so Chelsea will let N'Golo Kante go, the player has also been injured for the past 2 seasons."

Karim Benzema is the latest big name to officially join the Saudi Pro League

The MailOnline also describes that the partners from Saudi Arabia (the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, which also owns Newcastle FC) have launched a major recruitment drive across Europe. The goal is to target a series of famous players to recruit to clubs in the Saudi Pro League. "They have Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, they are about to have N'Golo Kante. Soon, names like Messi, Busquets, Paul Pogba, Aubameyang and even Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris are also likely to join clubs here," said the MailOnline .

After a declining season, Chelsea is strongly cleansing the squad

In another development, MailOnline commented: "Chelsea Club under new owner Todd Boehly has invested a lot, but has not been effective last season. Besides, the "The Blues" squad is also increasing to more than 30 first-team players. Therefore, they will certainly have to say goodbye to many players in the summer transfer window to balance the squad. After N'Golo Kante, other players such as Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Edouard Mendy, Mateo Kovacic, Kalidou Koulibaly and Cesar Azpilicueta are also about to leave."

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