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A lot has been said about N’Golo Kante’s best position since Maurizio Sarri decided to use the Frenchman in a more offensive midfield role.
Kante had been hailed as the best defensive midfielder in the world the past few years, but Sarri brought a new dimension to his game when he decided to pusher him higher up, as Kante featured mostly on the right side of a midfield three, with Jorginho at the base.
Sarri was heavily criticised last season for how he used Kante, but it seems the Italian’s decision has even made Kante a better player, as the 28-year-old was in amazing form against Liverpool in the Super Cup final on Wednesday night.
Surprisingly, new Blues boss Frank Lampard didn’t also use Kante as a defensive midfielder, rather Kante featured as a box to box midfielder, and bossed the midfield against Jurgen Klopp’s men.
New Besiktas coach Abdullah Avcı has hailed Kante’s performance and believes Lampard used him the right way.
“Kante’s return to the starting line-up significantly improved Chelsea,” the Besiktas boss told Goal in an exclusive interview.
“It’s impossible to define Kante as a classic defensive midfielder. Lampard assigned him to a box-to-box role against Liverpool and this resulted in an impressive performance.
Kante is known mostly for his work rate, tough tackling and breaking up play, but he impressed Avcı with his ball possession and his willingness to carry the ball forward, and Avci was amazed with his performance on Wednesday.
“He made eight successful dribbles which is his career high!” he added.
“Sarri was constantly criticised for this but Kante was the best Chelsea player on the pitch.”
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‘I’m not the nicest man in football’ – Chelsea star Kante disputes his popular moniker.
The 27-year-old has admitted that he does not believe he is the most amiable man in the game, contrary to widespread belief Chelsea midfielder N’golo Kante insists that he is not the nicest man in football, claiming instead that he is just himself.
Speaking to the Blues’ official magazine, the World Cup Winner said: “I play football and I want to be considered as a footballer.
“I don’t want people paying too much attention about what I am outside of football, what I’m doing, and asking: ‘Who is N’Golo?’
“Just consider me as a footballer, you don’t need to look too much at this and say: ‘Oh, he’s like this, he’s like this, he’s like this.’ Ask me about my football, and not too much else. I just want to be a player among the players.
“I am how I am. I cannot explain it well, but I don’t feel the nicest person, on the football pitch or in life, I’m just myself.
“If I win, I win and if I lose, I lose, but I always try to give my best in any competition. That’s not because I’m nice or something. I’m just myself.”
The 27-year-old’s modest persona and infectious positivity has won him fans from across the footballing world, and has turned him into that rarest of phenomena; a universally liked player.
In recent weeks, questions have been asked over Maurizio Sarri’s decision to employ him in a more advanced role, but Kante scored the opener in Saturday’s resounding 2-0 win over Manchester City and looked every inch the influencer of seasons past.
The midfielder is more concerned with the success of his team than with plaudits for his own personal performances, however.
He added: “I’ve been at Chelsea for just over two years and we won the Premier League and the FA Cup.
“This is a champion’s club, an ambitious club, and I hope to win these trophies again.
“Of course Europe is a target, but every season I hope to win the most trophies I can. Keep winning, keep winning.”