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Chelsea ready to treble Leicester star’s wages to beat Arsenal to signature
CHELSEA are reportedly ready to treble N’Golo Kante’s wages in order to seal a deal.
N'Golo Kante is on Chelsea's radar
Antonio Conte is set to carry out an overhaul of his squad after Euro 2016, and has set his sights on Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan too.
Arsenal have also been lining up a move, even though they have only just signed Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach.
Paris Saint-Germain have also been circling around Kante, and are thought to have offered him a five-year deal.
But according to the Daily Mirror, Chelsea are ready to pull out all the stops for the 25-year-old.
The report suggests they are keen to treble his wage packet - he currently earns £35,000 a week and match the length of the contract.
Kante, who won the Premier League title last term, has a £20million release clause.
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It seems that the Blues’ chances of signing Nainggolan and Miralem Pjanic could be slim, with Roma president James Pallotta claiming the duo are going nowhere.
He said: “I keep telling all of you that Nainggolan’s not going anywhere.
"[Miralem] Pjanic is staying. If he has the buy-out and we can’t do anything about it, that it’s not my issue, but Nainggolan’s not going anywhere.”
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