{"id":1106287,"date":"2019-09-13T16:59:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T15:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1106287"},"modified":"2019-09-29T20:12:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T19:12:36","slug":"hazard-vardy-stories-chelsea-ngolo-kante-ultimate-teammate","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/hazard-vardy-stories-chelsea-ngolo-kante-ultimate-teammate\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazard and Vardy stories underline why Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante is the ultimate teammate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has revealed his teammates had to convince N’Golo Kante not to run to training.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Widely regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in Europe the 28-year-old Frenchman played a key part in Leicester’s shock Premier League title win in 2015\/16.<\/p>\n

How good is Kante? Five things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • N’Golo Kante signed for Leicester City in 2015, helping them to win the Premier League.<\/li>\n
  • He then joined Chelsea a year later, winning the Premier League once more.<\/li>\n
  • Kante has also won the World Cup, FA Cup and Europa League since 2015.<\/li>\n
  • Former Leicester City teammate Jamie Vardy has revealed Kante once contemplated running to training as part of an additional session.<\/li>\n
  • And, according to reports<\/a>, former Chelsea stars Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois want Kante to join them at Real Madrid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    His performances earned the Frenchman a move to Chelsea with whom he won the league the following season and remains indispensable to the Blues.<\/p>\n

    One of the many positive things mentioned about Kante is his energy and commitment to football, capable of outrunning many players across 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

    And Vardy, who teamed up with Kante at Leicester, has admitted the Frenchman once contemplated running to training as part of an extra session for himself.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWhat a pleasure it was to play alongside N\u2019Golo!” Vardy told L’Equipe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    “He is an adorable guy alongside being a fantastic footballer: when we lost the ball, wherever that happened on the pitch, boom, he would appear and win it back for us.<\/p>\n

    “In training, it was so easy for him that I was convinced that he intentionally gave the ball away sometimes just to enjoy winning it back again.<\/p>\n