World Cup-winning France midfielder N’Golo Kante’s planned move to Saudi side Al-Ittihad is being stalled by medical issues, a club source told AFP on Thursday.
Kante, 32,
has a history of injuries and missed six months of Chelsea’s Premier League
season with a hamstring problem.
The
Al-Ittihad source said Kante had signed a binding agreement but the club were
examining the results of medical tests before agreeing a final deal.
On Tuesday,
the Jeddah-based club officially unveiled 35-year-old French Ballon d’Or-winner
Karim Benzema as the biggest signing in their history.
“Kante
signed a binding agreement, not a final contract,” the source said.
“We still
review the medical checkup result. He has a long injury history and we want to
be careful before signing a huge contract.”
Benzema’s
signing came after Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo joined Saudi Arabia’s
Al-Nassr in January in a deal said to be worth more than 400 million euros
($431 million).
Benzema and
Kante are on a list of around 10 targets who have been contacted by Saudi
officials, a source close to the negotiations told AFP last week.
Argentina’s
Lionel Messi announced on Wednesday he had turned down a blockbuster deal in
Saudi Arabia in favour of joining MLS side Inter Miami.
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