Real Madrid are after Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante as well as Eden Hazard, according to the Evening Standard.
The La Liga club have recently re-appointed Zinedine Zidane and the Frenchman is said to be keen on signing his fellow countryman next summer.
Most fans on Twitter are dead against the club selling Kante with many calling on the Blues to stand firm if Real make an offer for the holding midfielder:
Got as much chance as us signing Messi
— Lᴇᴡɪs (@RubenReflex) 12 March 2019
N’golo just signed a new 5 year deal, good luck with that ?
— Steverulez (@Steverulez) 12 March 2019
BIG NO!!!
— luucas™ (@lucaskms_) 12 March 2019
Haha no chance!
— ????? (@CareFreeRomeo) 12 March 2019
Zidane takes over and 24 hours later they have cooked up a master plan to pillage Chelsea of their best players. Kante won’t leave this summer
— LondonsFirst_LondonsFinest (@SGPoge_1980) 12 March 2019
Surely we won’t let anyone go if we can’t buy replacements? Even if Eden were to hand in a transfer request
— Caspar Barrie (@Casparbarrie15) 12 March 2019
Why blow nearly 300mil on 2 players over 26? They’d still need a striker. Kroos & Modric are ageing. Militao is coming in, unless they have a 500mil budget, lucky them.
— IamTdn?? (@NgwaneTdn) 12 March 2019
I’ll gladly let them have Hazard but for Kante, it’s a big no from me
— Retired sinner (@Kofi_Amoako_) 12 March 2019
VERY BIG NO! Wtf do they think.?
— Fitz Hazard (@Sam_Fitz002) 12 March 2019
With no way of replacing the midfield dynamo due to the club’s two-window transfer ban, the likelihood of selling the 27-year-old is low.
Considering Kante has rejected the riches of Paris Saint-Germain in the past, and signed a new five-year contract back in November, his loyalty to the club can’t be called into question.
Whether he’d be tempted by a move to Spain, it remains to be seen but, needless to say, Chelsea will be determined to keep hold of the player.
