The story repeats itself.
But it's too late.
Defensive midfielder N'Golo Kanté will probably never play for PSG, the club in his region.
According to our information, the Parisian leaders nevertheless returned to the charge once again in the last days of January to convince the world champion to commit to the club of the capital next season.
Arrived at Chelsea in June 2016, the child of Suresnes is at the end of the contract in a little over a year with the Blues.
A situation that prompted PSG to renew contact with N'Golo Kanté.
But the international defensive midfielder did not respond to the Parisian proposal.
He is happy in England and does not want to go to a city where he would be in too much demand.
Originally from Rueil and licensed in Suresnes
Originally from the Géraniums district in Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine), N'Golo Kanté signed his first license at the age of 11 at JS Suresnes where he played until he was 19.
He even played for two years with the flag team in PH before leaving for Boulogne-sur-Mer in 2012 and then knowing the fabulous course that we know.
This is not the first time that PSG has taken an interest in this defensive midfielder, a position that has been lacking for too long and more precisely the end of Thiago Motta's career in 2018. His dejection and his ability to wear quickly forward would make him a recruit of choice for the Parisian formation in deficit in this sector of play. In 2016 already, just after the title of champion of England from Leicester City, the PSG had approached the former Caennais but this ci had favored the London club.
"I chose Chelsea because I like the Premier League and their style of play and when I spoke with the coach
(Antonio Conte)
I decided to go there and I don't regret my choice. “, had declared the darling of the supporters of the France team in our columns.
After the title of world champion of the Blues in 2018 where the pocket defensive midfielder had achieved a high quality competition (except in the final where he left at the break because of illness), the PSG returned once again to the charge but always without success as, therefore, last January.
He won everything in club
Absent last Friday from the friendly match of the France team against Côte d'Ivoire (2-1) because he had left the rally for a few days to go to Mali, the country of his parents, for personal reasons, N 'Golo Kanté participated Tuesday, March 29 in his 52nd cap in Blue against South Africa (5-0) in a friendly on the day of his 31st birthday.
He was impeccable in recovery while adding a few offensive gestures.
He initiated the second tricolor goal signed Olivier Giroud and could have delivered a decisive pass to Kylian Mbappé if the South African goalkeeper had not diverted the shot from the Parisian striker on his bar at the start of the second act.
Man of the match in the two semi-finals (go and return) then the final of the Champions League last year, N'Golo Kanté won all club competitions.
He only misses the Euro with the selection.
In a few months, he will have to make a choice about his future.
An extension is under consideration even if the war waged by Russia in Ukraine and the freezing of the assets of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich by the British government casts a blur on the future of the European champion club whose sale could be settled at the end of April.