Report: Kante’s medical tests stalling big-money Saudi move
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 eur
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