Fans told that Lampard is willing to let Kante leave Chelsea this summer window

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Chelsea are willing to sell N’Golo Kante in this transfer window

Kante is regarded as one of the finest holding midfielders in the game right not, but an injury plagued season last year meant that he is no longer a guaranteed starter at the club, especially as there is talk THAT WE ARE KEEN TO SIGN DECLAN RICE

And transfer expert Ian McGarry has claimed Lampard is keen to adopt the approach of his former manager Jose Mourinho by having a smaller core of first-team players to call upon this season, and is open to the idea of letting Kante leave.

“Chelsea are willing to let N’Golo Kante, a player who has been absolutely pivotal in a league-winning season for Chelsea, but they are willing to let him go,” McGarry said on the Transfer Window podcast.

“Obviously this comes with a bit of balancing the books because you don’t spend £230m in one window without having to trim your squad.

“We know that Lampard follows the Mourinho template of liking to work with a core 18 or 19 players for the majority of the season and playing those players consistently, making changes when he has to and rotating when he has to.

“I think Frank is keen to trim the squad and make sure he’s not got people hanging about as ‘bodies’, as he calls them.

“My understanding is that Kante is very much settled in England and would be resistant to leaving.

“His current contract with Chelsea is a very good one, it was upgraded two years ago.

“He’s in no rush to leave Stamford Bridge or England for that matter.

“So that would be a persuasion on Chelsea’s part as well as perhaps a payment, because he’s not going to be asking for a transfer anytime soon.”

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