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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20421980" data-attributes="member: 158020">Kante has medical at Chelsea as deal nears conclusion <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/GOAL/bd/70/ngolo-kante-playing-for-france_t7ap86kxqekf1u0v7mu1ec7bs.jpg?t=879813861&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> N'Golo Kante has rejected Leicester City's offer of an improved contract and is set to join Chelsea after the Blues activated the buy-out clause in his contract. The Premier League champion is yet to finalise terms with Chelsea but he has informally agreed a deal through his agent and had a medical in west London.He will cost Chelsea a fee in the region of £30 million, making him one of the most expensive signings in the club's history after £50m record buy Fernando Torres. According to RMC Sport, a five-year contract is on the table and if the deal goes through as expected, Kante is likely to make his debut against Liverpool in the International Champions Cup on July 27.Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri hoped to keep Kante but a buy-out clause in the Frenchman's contract put his future in his own hands. After joining the Foxes from Caen for £7m last summer, Kante was influential for Leicester in their remarkable title-winning season and earned a place in the France squad for Euro 2016, where Les Bleus were losing finalists.</blockquote>

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