Chelsea's N'Golo Kante was named player of the year by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) on Sunday, adding another part to the wonderful story of a player who was carrying out his specialty in the French 6th level a couple seasons back.
The 26-year-old France midfielder, who joined Chelsea from English champions Leicester City before the season began, is the fourth Frenchman to lift the honor after Eric Cantona, David Ginola and twice victor Thierry Henry.
Kante battled off rivalry from Chelsea colleague Eden Hazard, Tottenham Hotspur forward Harry Kane, Manchester United's driving scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Everton striker Romelu Lukaku and Arsenal charm Alexis Sanchez.
The guarded midfielder, who was named on the short-list for the second year in succession in the wake of helping Leicester to win the Premier League last season, has been instrumental to Chelsea's expectations of winning the title in this crusade.
Kante has scored one class objective and gave one help this season, however it is his capacity to separate play and shield Chelsea's barrier that has been key for the group, with the midfielder making 110 handles and 72 capture attempts.
Kante joined Leicester from French top-level side Caen in August 2015 for a detailed nine million euros ($9.65 million) and his esteem dramatically multiplied in his initially season in England, when Chelsea paid 35.8 million euros to convey him to Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea are four focuses clear of second-set Tottenham Hotspur at the highest point of the class with six recreations to play and face Arsenal in the FA Cup last in the wake of beating London rivals Spurs in the semi-last at Wembley on Saturday.
Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli, 21, was named PFA Young Player of the Year for the second time in succession, with Spurs as yet wanting to win their first class title since 1961.
Distributed: 24-04-2017 09:22
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