Chelsea boss goes to Saudi Arabia to sell 5 stars urgently

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly is looking to Saudi Arabia to help solve the club's FFP problems as he looks to sell six players to the Middle East, according to reports in the UK. Midfielder N'Golo Kante, a £29m signing from Leicester in 2016, will leave Stamford Bridge when his contract expires at the end of this month to join Saudi Arabia. The 32-year-old Frenchman has signed a £1.7m-a-week deal - six times what he earns at the London club - with Al-Ittihad.

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly is looking to Saudi Arabia to sell players

According to British media sources, Chelsea's disgraced striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (32 years old) is negotiating to join one of the four clubs in the Saudi Pro League (the top league in Saudi Arabia). He cost 10 million pounds from Barcelona last August.

Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly, who joined from Napoli for £34m last summer, is also reportedly preparing to leave Chelsea for Saudi Arabia. Striker Romelu Lukaku, who was loaned to Inter Milan last season, has also been offered a huge £21m-a-year deal by Al-Hilal. The Belgian striker cost the Blues a whopping £97.5m when he joined from Inter two years ago. And on 17 June, it was reported that winger Hakim Ziyech, who joined from Ajax in 2020 for £38m, is being targeted by Al-Nassr to partner Cristiano Ronaldo up front.

Hakim Ziyech has also been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia.

Goal reports that £22m goalkeeper Edouard Mendy could join another club in the Saudi Pro League after Al-Ahli are said to have made contact with his representatives.

Boehly has spent more than £600m on new players since buying Chelsea from Roman Abramovich at the start of last season. The American businessman now has to balance the books as well as reduce a bloated dressing room of more than 30 players.

Kante has reached an agreement to go to Saudi Arabia

Chelsea must start selling some players by June 30 to comply with FFP rules, even though they will not be playing in European competition next season. Boehly's good relationship with Saudi Arabia could help smooth the process, according to CBS Sports . The Chelsea owner was recently spotted in the Middle Eastern country with the chairman of Al-Hilal, a club owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

It has previously been reported that PIF, the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund that bought Newcastle, are major investors in Clearlake Capital, Chelsea's majority shareholder. PIF is also said to have billions of pounds worth of assets managed by Clearlake, the US-based private equity firm that bought a 60% stake in Chelsea during the takeover.

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