It could have been one of the big blows of the end of the transfer window. Having left to go into a Arabi Saudi two years ago, N'Golo Kanté was offered an exit voucher during this summer transfer window from his Al-Ittihad club. What to push some French clubs to more closely examine the file of the 2018 world champion.
Announced in the viewfinder of AS Monaco and Paris FC, N'Golo Kanté ultimately did not move Djeddah in the last hours of the transfer window. However, the Ile -de -France club indeed tried it, as reported this Monday morning The Parisian. And he was even very close to achieving his ends.
Kanté transfer to the PFC was ” Not far from reaching a close to the file »reveals the regional daily, which takes stock of the operations carried out this summer by the club now owned by the Arnault family, with the support of Red Bull.
Kanté at the PFC, it was “not far from reaching”
Paris FC has therefore recruited eight new players this summer: Kevin Trapp, Hamari Traoré, Otavio, Nhoa Sangui, Pierre Lees-Melou, Willem Geubbels, Moses Simon and finally Jonathan Ikoné. All for a total amount of around 55 million euros.
For his part, Monaco also confirmed, through the voice of its sports director Thiago Scuro, having approached the 34 -year -old tricolor midfielder. “” It is a very difficult file. We already have a very good, well -balanced workforce. He is a great high -level player but at this point, there is nothing “Said the Monegasque leader on the sidelines of the draw of the Champions League. Kanté will therefore, unless surprised, play a third season in Saudi Pro League.
