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Chelsea have signed France midfielder N’Golo Kante from Premier League champions Leicester City on a five-year contract, the west London club said on Saturday.
CONFIRMED: #lcfc reach agreement with
chelseafc
for the transfer of nglkante. More follows… pic.twitter.com/Gs3QiyvGC9— Leicester City (@LCFC) July 16, 2016
Kante, 25, is new Chelsea manager Antonio Conte’s second acquisiton, following Olympique Marseille’s Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi, and arrives after playing at Euro 2016.
It's official! Welcome to Chelsea, N'Golo Kante! https://t.co/BRg1Njs5PB #WelcomeKante pic.twitter.com/1gqqQvFPiK
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) July 16, 2016
“I am so happy to have signed for one of the biggest clubs in Europe. It’s a dream come true for me,” Kante was quoted as saying on the Chelsea website.
“The opportunity to work with Antonio Conte, a brilliant coach, and some of the best players in the world was simply too good to turn down.”
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