Agent drops £3m Zouma case but will pursue Granovskaia

Agent Saif Rubie has dropped his £3million lawsuit against Chelsea linked to Kurt Zouma's move to West Ham in 2021.

However, the representative continues to pursue the club's former director Marina Granovskaia for the assignment linked to the centre-back's move to the London Stadium.

Rubie was acquitted of sending Granovskaia to court earlier this year with a threatening email in connection with the Zouma deal and has since opened cases against the Blues and Granovskaia.

But a statement from Rubie on Friday said: “We have discontinued our High Court proceedings against Chelsea and continue to prosecute Miss Granovskaia for her principal role in the breach of contract.”

Mail Sport reported earlier this year that Chelsea had moved to have the court proceedings quashed, insisting the case had been improperly filed and should be heard by the Football Association through arbitration.

Earlier this year, Rubie was cleared of malicious communications relating to an email to Granovskaia about an amount of money he said he was owed from the Zouma deal.

Chelsea received a total of £29.1 million from the sale of Zouma to their London rivals.

Under FIFA law, an agent acting on behalf of a selling club is entitled to a maximum of 10 percent of the transfer fee.