It is instructive that as soon as you start talking to N’Golo Kante about the season just gone, one in which he was unsurprisingly recognised by Blues supporters as our Player of the Year, he consistently opts for the first person plural: ‘we, us, our’.
Kante is not a man who relishes focusing on himself, on or off the pitch. He can seem like the most understated footballer around; it makes his routine effectiveness even more satisfying to watch.
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