N’Golo Kanté is being spoken about returning to West Ham for a fee of £20 million.
N’Golo Kanté, a former Chelsea midfielder, is a target for West Ham to sign from Al-Ittihad. Both parties are prepared to work toward a contract for the 33-year-old, who represented France at Euro 2024, and negotiations are still ongoing.
After spending seven years with Chelsea, Kanté moved to Saudi Arabia in 2023. Although he is open to returning to London, it is believed that he is content at his current club.
The midfield player, who demonstrated in Euro 2024 that he still has what it takes to succeed at the top level, would cost West Ham about £20 million.
After Kalvin Phillips failed to live up to expectations during a season-long loan from Manchester City and had his contract terminated, the Hammers are keen to sign a defensive midfielder.
During his brief tenure as Real Madrid’s manager, Julen Lopetegui, who has long been an admirer of Kanté’s, expressed his desire to recruit the midfield player.
Aleix García, a midfielder from Spain, has been linked to West Ham, but he ultimately decided to sign with Bundesliga winners Bayer Leverkusen.
Kanté moved to Leicester from Caen in 2015, and he lived in England for eight years. He played a key role in the Foxes team that stunned the world in 2016 by winning the Premier League.
He repeated the feat the following season with Chelsea, winning the FA Cup, Champions League, and Europa League, following a £32 million move to Stamford Bridge.
In 2016–17, he was crowned the PFA and Premier League Player of the Year.
With 61 caps for his nation, the midfielder participated in all six of France’s Euro 2024 matches but was unable to lead them past Spain in the semifinals.
He won the 2018 World Cup while playing for his country, and West Ham feels that his expertise will be crucial in Lopetegui’s new regime, which took over for David Moyes at the end of the previous campaign.
Possibly the squad’s fourth addition following Max Kilman, Luis Guilherme, and Wes Foderingham, he would join.
