{"id":1234281,"date":"2021-11-21T16:15:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T16:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1234281"},"modified":"2021-11-21T16:15:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T16:15:12","slug":"ngolo-kante-arsene-wenger-rare-player-explains","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/ngolo-kante-arsene-wenger-rare-player-explains\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You could make a film about his story&#8217; &#8211; Wenger explains what makes N&#8217;Golo Kante such a rare player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src='\/\/asset.fwcdn2.com\/js\/storyblock.js'><\/script><br \/>\n<fw-storyblock channel=\"squawka\" playlist=\"5L00K5\" mode=\"pinned\" autoplay=\"autoplay\"><\/fw-storyblock><\/p>\n<p><strong>Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes N&#8217;Golo Kante&#8217;s unconventional career path separates him from some of the game&#8217;s biggest stars.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Parisian midfielder progressed through the Boulogne academy having slipped under the radar of France&#8217;s major powerhouses, with many believing his <span>small stature and selfless approach to the game would hinder his progression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His breakthrough campaign came in France&#8217;s third-tier, the Championnat National, before Ligue 2 club Caen took a gamble on him in 2013. In Normandy, Kante guided the club to top-flight promotion in his debut season, before stabilising <span><em>The Vikings<\/em> in Ligue 1.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>It was from the Stade Michel d&#8217;Ornano that Leicester were alerted to his talents, and in 2015 Claudio Ranieri bolstered his midfield options with the acquisition of Kante. The rest, as they say, is history, as the Frenchman&#8217;s industrious partnership with Danny Drinkwater led Leicester City to Premier League title glory.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea would ultimately pay \u00a332m to bring the diminutive ball-winner to Stamford Bridge, where he has gone from strength to strength, but he could have been representing another London club had Wenger taken up an offer from his &#8220;<span>best friend&#8221; to sign him even before he joined Leicester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The end of my career, N\u2019Golo Kante&#8221;, Wenger responded on\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0LATo4EzTNM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ladbible&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/a><\/em><span> when quizzed on his biggest transfer regrets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because he played in a club in Paris where one of my best friends was a director and he told me, \u2018please, I have a player, he is unbelievable, but no one wants him in France.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FM22 Wonderkids | The best young players you&#039;ve (probably) never heard of | Football Manager 2022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OSjU-rXPaB0?start=10&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He [the friend] took him [Kante] in his car and travelled with him from club to club. 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