Chelsea N’Golo Kante has filed a criminal complaint accusing one of his former agents of fraud, Paris prosecutors said on Thursday.
The complaint was initially reported by France media outlet L’Equipe sports newspaper, which alleged breach of trust and the illegal practising of the profession of agent.
The allegations concern an agent who handled Kante’s image rights whom the player accused of
demanding an additional payment in return for cancelling their contract in 2017.
The 28-year-old also accuses the agent of trying to interfere in his career by attempting to persuade him to join Real Madrid when it was not his role to do so.
“We had reached an agreement to cancel the contract but this person went back on it.
“At the same time, they tried to spread defamatory things about my entourage and within my entourage to put
pressure on me. I therefore took steps to separate from them as quickly as possible.”
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A report this week on French investigative website Mediapart said Kante had been threatened with violence during a battle for influence among his advisors and agents.
Kante denies he was ever threatened.