Kante is surely the best signing Chelsea have made in recent years, and I'd put him alongside Costa as the most important player this season. These stats illustrate how he has performed in relation to previous years, and in particular last season at Leicester, who as we all know have seriously struggled without him - http://www.thestatszone.com/articles/how-ngolo-kantés-role-has-changed-since-joining-chelsea What a player...
Interesting how some of his defensive stats are down on last season but passing is up significantly.....he's changed his style to a degree and become even better than what he was. Probably not far aware from player of the season in the Prem.
I feel sometimes he isn't human. One of our best signings for sure and the reason we are on top. He covers ground for 2 players and is very consistent.
In 7 months I've completely become spoiled watching him. If we lose the ball, he almost always wins it back.
^or just turn it into a kante appreciation thread? i could go either way, we have other player threads but they rarely see traffic and appreciation threads should probably be for long standing players. i'd probably say merge.