{"id":74534,"date":"2023-06-08T13:45:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T13:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/08\/ngolo-kante-poised-to-seal-move-to-saudi-arabias-al-ittihad\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T13:45:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T13:45:14","slug":"ngolo-kante-poised-to-seal-move-to-saudi-arabias-al-ittihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/08\/ngolo-kante-poised-to-seal-move-to-saudi-arabias-al-ittihad\/","title":{"rendered":"N\u2019Golo Kant\u00e9 poised to seal move to Saudi Arabia\u2019s Al-Ittihad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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N\u2019Golo Kant\u00e9\u2019s move to the Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad is close to being announced after the midfielder completed his medical in London.<\/p>\n

The France international, whose contract at\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0expires this month, has agreed a deal to 2025 worth \u20ac100m (\u00a386m) a season with an option for a further year.<\/p>\n

Al-Ittihad signed\u00a0Karim Benzema from Real Madrid\u00a0on Tuesday and are one of four Saudi clubs in which the country\u2019s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which owns 80% of Newcastle United, acquired 75% stakes this week. Al-Ittihad\u00a0sent a delegation\u00a0to London to speak to Kant\u00e9 on Tuesday and persuaded him to join.<\/p>\n

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Kant\u00e9 was\u00a0close to signing\u00a0a contract extension with Chelsea this year but the deal was not finalised. The 32-year-old has struggled with injuries and made nine appearances this season.<\/p>\n

The money being paid to Kant\u00e9 includes image rights, commercial deals and an investment portfolio. It is about half the salary earned by Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo, who\u00a0joined Al-Nassr\u00a0last December.<\/p>\n

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