This Tuesday, June 20, the era of N’Golo Kante in it Chelsea. The French midfielder, who was world champion with ‘Les Bleus’ in 2018 and MVP of the final of the Champions League that the Londoners achieved in 2021, was announced as the brand new signing of the Al Ittihad, of the Professional League of Saudi Arabia. Thus, the French fly will arrive at the Saudi cast where he will accompany his patriot Karim Benzemawho recently had a great welcome at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium.
With a video on their social networks, Al Ittihad announced this Wednesday the signing of French international midfielder N’Golo Kante, who will join his compatriot Karim Benzema in the Jeddah team, after the end of his contract with Chelseawith whom he has played 269 games during the last seven seasons, from 2017 to 2023.
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The 32-year-old footballer, who has been limited by injury to just nine games in the last year -eight of them as a starter-, will now start a new adventure in the emerging and millionaire Saudi football, with a salary of 25 million euros a year and a contract until 2027according to the journalist Fabrizio Romanospecialist in the field of signings.
Kante will wear the number ‘7’, according to the photos published by his new club, which will be the fifth in the midfielder’s career, after the US Boulougne and the French fall, in 2011-12 and 2012-13, the first, and in 2013-14, the second; Leicester, with which he was proclaimed champion of the Premier League in 2015-16 and from which he was transferred in the summer of 2016, for 35 million euros, to Chelseain which he has played ever since.
The midfielder has been world champion in 2018 with the French team, with which he has played 53 international matches, with two goals, since his debut on March 25, 2016.
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Al Ittihad: what is Kanté’s new team like?
Al Ittihad he was champion of the Saudi Professional League again after 14 years. In total, it has 27 Arabian titles, being one of the most successful clubs on the Asian continent. His record is made up of 9 Leagues, 9 Saudi Cups, 1 Saudi Super Cup and 8 Saudi Prince Cups. With Benzema and Kanté in his ranks, he will seek to dominate Arab football more.
The club’s coach is Nuno Holy Spiritwho led the Valencia of LaLiga between 2014 and 2015. He also went through clubs in the Premier like Wolverhampton and Tottenham. While last season’s top scorer was Abderrazak Hamdallah with 21 goals, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 14 times.
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