Chelsea
have agreed a fee of around £32m for Leicester City midfielder N'Golo Kante,
according to Sky sources.
Leicester offered Kante an improved four-year contract before Euro 2016, but
the France international has now told the club he wants to move to Stamford
Bridge.
It is thought the midfielder will have a medical over the weekend, before
meeting up with Chelsea on their pre-season training camp in Austria, where
he will discuss personal terms.
Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has insisted he would like Kante to stay at
the club but said he would understand if the 25-year-old wished to leave the
King Power stadium.
He said: "I don't want to lose him. I don't want to, but I could understand
if he wants to go."
Kante was arguably one of the outstanding performers of the season last
year, making 37 appearances as Leicester won the Premier League title for
the first time in their history.
He joined the Foxes from French side Caen last summer and made his
international debut in March this year before going on to be a part of
Didier Deschamps' side as they reached the final of Euro 2016 on home soil.
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