Arsene Wenger has refused to rule out a summer move for Leicester City star N’Golo Kante less than 24 hours after missing out on striker Jamie Vardy.
It was announced yesterday that the England striker had penned a new four-year deal with the Premier League champions, in what Wenger has described as a ‘statement’ from Claudio Ranieri’s side.
But Wenger believes that France international N’Golo Kante could prove harder to keep hold of, a player Arsenal remain interested in.
As reported by Standard Sport last month, the Gunners are keeping tabs on the 25-year-old midfielder and, despite having signed Swiss international Granit Xhaka since then, the Frenchman remains on Wenger’s wishlist.
Speaking to BeIn Sports, Wenger said: “It is very difficult to talk about that at the moment. Kante is on the list of many clubs. It is an area where we have many players.
“We will see what happens in the next two or three weeks. It looks like Leicester have bought a player from Nice [Nampalys Mendy] with similar qualities to Kante, so whether they envisage to lose him or not I don’t know.”
Wenger was, however, less reserved when quizzed on Kante’s performances for France at this summer’s European Championships.
“If you ask 100 people in the street if they want Kante to play [for France] you will get 100 saying yes,” he continued. “He has done the job in one or two games and I am not surprised.
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“I said two months ago this boy will play the whole European Championship. We know him well from Leicester now and I am not surprised that he is starting. He has been one of the revelations of the French team.”
