Hakim Ziyech nears £8m move to Al-Nassr with Chelsea already set on winger’s replacement
Chelsea set to sanction deal after failing to offload Moroccan in January transfer window
l-Nassr are confident of sealing an £8million deal to sign Hakim Ziyech from Chelsea.
The 30-year-old has agreed personal terms on a lucrative three-year contract to become the latest high-profile player to move to Saudi Arabia.
Ziyech saw a proposed move to Paris Saint-Germain collapse at the 11th hour on deadline day in January and has grown increasingly disillusioned at Stamford Bridge.
He played just 24 times for Chelsea this season and the majority of his appearances were as a substitute.
Ziyech joined Chelsea for £33.6million in 2020 and was part of the squad that won on the Champions League in 2021.
January signing Noni Madueke is already considered his replacement, while Chelsea have also signed Christopher Nkunku in a £53m deal from RB Leipzig.
Ziyech could be one of a number of Chelsea players to move to Saudi Arabia this summer.
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N’Golo Kante has agreed to sign for Al-Ittihad while Edouard Mendy and Kalidou Koulibaly could also move to the Kingdom as part of its drive to sign top-level players from Europe.
Romelu Lukaku, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marc Cucurella also have interest from the Saudi Pro League but would prefer to stay in Europe.