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N’Golo Kante-
“Right now, Kante is the best tackler/retriever of the ball on the planet”, said the former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand. With most interceptions (106) in entire Europe, the Leicester’s workhouse is one of the best buys of the season according to his manager Claudio Ranieri. Kante, tough as granite has been blocking oppositions attacks all season.
Kante has scored just one goal this season which was a rather fortunate effort against Watford.
Born in Paris, Kante made his professional debut in French Football on May 18, 2012 playing for US Boulogne against Monaco in League 2 at the age of 21. In 2013, he moved to Caen where he was given enough chances and the side ended in promotion to Ligue 1 finishing 3rd on the table.
His stats speaks for him, his 109 interceptions are most by any player in Europe’s top five leagues (England, Spain, Germany, France, Italy). Before Kante, this record was held by Toulouse’s midfielder jean- Daniel Akpa- Akpro (108 interceptions).