In the summer of 2016, Arsene Wenger was close to acquiring Ngolo Kante from Leicester.. The French specialist has been following the player’s performance since he played for Caen in League 2.

Any club could get Kante for 32 million pounds, the deal was agreed with Arsenal, but agents requested large commissions.. Gregory Dakad wanted 6.4 million pounds, and Abdelkarim Doui - 4.2.

As a result, Chelsea agreed to pay the required amount to the agents, and Arsenal decided to purchase Granita Dzhaku from Borussia Monchengladbach.

“When the situation became extreme, we usually retreated,” said Dick Lowe, director of transfers for Arsenal at the time, who commented on the situation at The Athletic..

It was previously reported that Barcelona is interested in Kant services.

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