FORMER Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti believes Chelsea anchorman N’Golo Kante would make the newly-crowned Serie A winners “exceptional”.
Moratti claims the 30-year-old would match the legendary influence of 2009-10 Treble-winner Wesley Sneijder.
And he dreams of Inter’s ex-Chelsea manager Antonio Conte reuniting with the French World Cup winner.
But he admits it would be “hard” to sign a player who has battled back well under Blues’ chief Thomas Tuchel following hamstring injuries.
Ex-Holland midfielder Sneijder arrived at Inter from Real Madrid to scoop Serie A, the Champions League and the Coppa Italia in his first season.
And Moratti told Sky Sport Italia: “I think Kante has everything to give even more strength to Inter.
“We signed Wesley Sneijder even if we already had a solid team, but we became exceptional with him.
“The same is true of Kante. But, I am saying this as a fan, it will be hard to sign him.”
Conte led Chelsea to the Premier League crown in his first campaign at Stamford Bridge, 2016-17, having made Kante his major pre-season buy.
That gave Kante two Prem titles in a row as Leicester famously romped home by ten points in 2015-16.
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The 45-cap star has never quite repeated those extraordinary highs – because of injury and a change in role – which included being English football’s triple player of the year in 2016-17.
And as Tuchel gradually puts his own imprint on the Chelsea squad, Kante might be intrigued by working with Conte once more.
But the ex-Caen star remains one of the Prem’s top midfielders.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
