Chelsea Set To Make Kante Highest Earner after offering £29m-a-week

Chelsea to make Kante highest earner after offering £29m-a-week (The Times)

Chelsea have offered to double N'Golo 

Kante's money and make him their highest-

paid player in a bid to keep him out of the 

grasp of Paris Saint-Germain.

The central midfielder's stock has risen 

since he moved to Stamford Bridge, 

where 

he won the Premier League in his first 

season.

He was also an integral part of Didier 

Deschamps' World Cup winning squad in 

Russia this summer and The Times claim 

he has been rewarded with a new deal 

worth £15million a season over five years.

The move comes amid rep

 orted interest 

in 

the midfielder from French giants, PSG, 

who last summer showed their financial 

muscle in wrestling Neymar away from 

Barcelona for £198m.

If Kante puts pen to paper on the contract, 

he would go above Eden Hazard and 

become the Blues best-paid star.

Hazard, who is currently Chelsea's highest 

earner on £220,000 a week, has been 

linked with a summer move to Real 

Madrid.

The Times report that the club would be 

prepared to offer him a deal similar to the 

one of the table to Kante, should he opt to 

stay.

Kante, meanwhile, is not believed to be 

looking to leave Stamford Bridge. The 

midfielder joined for around £30m in 2016 

and played in every one of France's World 

Cup games.