N’Golo Kante has enjoyed an impressive first season at Chelsea since joining from Leicester last summer.
N’Golo Kante has been voted Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association, edging out Chelsea teammate Eden Hazard.
As with the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award handed out last month, Kante and Hazard secured the first and second spots — with a combined 65 percent of the votes — while Tottenham midfielder and reigning PFA Young Player of the Year Dele Alli finished third.
Kante is currently poised to become the first outfield player since Eric Cantona…
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Antonio Conte delights in Chelsea’s performances during a challenging week that saw his side produce three wins.
Chelsea players will walk out onto the Stamford Bridge pitch to face Middlesbrough knowing that they are just two wins away from clinching the Premier League title.
Tottenham’s surprise 1-0 defeat to London rivals West Ham United at the London Stadium on Friday night means Mauricio Pochettino’s side remain four points behind Chelsea having played a game more. Indeed, should Blues boss Antonio Conte mastermind victory over a Boro team for whom losing could spell relegation and follow it up with another…
Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi has revealed that he voted for N’Golo Kante as the PFA Player of the Year, and acknowledged that he’d love to have the Chelsea man as a teammate.
Kante saw off Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Alexis Sanchez and Eden Hazard to clinch the prestigious award last week, and the former Leicester City man appears on course to win a second consecutive Premier League title this term.
Speaking to Arsenal Player [as per the club’s official website], Iwobi has…
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte sings the praises of N’Golo Kante after he took home the PFA Player of the Year award.
Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante has said it’s honour to be chosen as PFA Player’s Player of the Year.
Layla Anna-Lee tells you exactly why she believes N’golo Kante is not the best midfielder in the world.
The FC crew praise N’Golo Kante for winning the PFA Player of the Year for his incredible work ethic in Chelsea’s midfield.
LONDON — Antonio Conte has backed newly-crowned PFA Player of the Year N’Golo Kante to emerge as a leader at Chelsea in the coming seasons, though he admits that the France international has a different personality to departing captain John Terry.
Kante saw off competition from teammate Eden Hazard to claim the award in a ceremony on Sunday, with fellow professionals rewarding the 26-year-old for helping to propel Chelsea clear at the top of the Premier League after powering Leicester City to a…
Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante has said it’s honour to be chosen as PFA Player’s Player of the Year.
The FC crew praise N’Golo Kante for winning the PFA Player of the Year for his incredible work ethic in Chelsea’s midfield.
Antonio Conte says the FA Cup semifinal between Chelsea and Tottenham was a testament to the quality of English football.
Dan Kilpatrick and Liam Twomey discuss the surprise lineups that played a role in Chelsea and Spurs’ FA Cup semifinal.
FC’s Steve Nicol analyses the high octane FA Cup semifinal between Chelsea and Spurs, and how Conte’s subs made an impact.
Claude Puel believes Southampton midfielder Oriol Romeu is “not far off” the standard of PFA player of the year N’Golo Kante ahead of the Premier League trip to Chelsea.
Romeu, 25, came through the ranks at Barcelona before moving to Chelsea in 2011, but after failing to break through at Stamford Bridge he left for Southampton in 2015 where he has become an influential and important player.
Puel has compared Romeu to Kante and feels both men perform similarly important roles for their respective…
Layla Anna-Lee tells you exactly why she believes N’golo Kante is not the best midfielder in the world.
The FC crew praise N’Golo Kante for winning the PFA Player of the Year, for his incredible work ethic in Chelsea’s midfield.
Chelsea overcame Tottenham in a back-and-forth thriller at Wembley to make it to the FA Cup final.
FC’s Steve Nicol analyses the high octane FA Cup semifinal between Chelsea and Spurs, and how Conte’s subs made an impact.
Antonio Conte says the FA Cup semifinal between Chelsea and Tottenham was a testament to the quality of English football.
Dan Kilpatrick and Liam Twomey discuss the surprise lineups that played a role in Chelsea and Spurs’ FA Cup semifinal.
N’Golo Kante was a popular winner of the PFA Player of the Year award at Grosvenor House on Sunday, and the numbers that underpin his exceptional first season at Chelsea make it easy to see why.
Since arriving from Premier League champions Leicester City for £32 million — £3m less than Arsenal paid for Granit Xhaka and around a third of what Manchester United splashed out to make Paul Pogba the world’s most expensive player — the 26-year-old has become the engine of a formidable Chelsea…
Paul Mariner and Alexis Nunes have differing opinions on who should be named the PFA Player of the Year.
The Professional Football Association (PFA) has announced its Team of the Year with Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur players occupying eight of the 11 spots.
The team, voted for by players from all 92 clubs in the English Football League and eight from the Women’s Super League, has a familiar feel to it with five of the same players as 2015-16.
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante — a Premier League title winner with Leicester City last season — and Tottenham…
Paul Mariner and Alexis Nunes have differing opinions on who should be named the PFA Player of the Year.
The FC crew question whether anyone can overtake N’Golo Kante in the running for PFA Player of the Year.
Steve Nicol examines the arguments for N’Golo Kante and Eden Hazard to win the Premier League’s top individual honour.
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Football is a team game. Success depends on the collective understanding between each of its members and them coalescing into a coherent whole. Individual genius is a crucial additional element though it can never succeed in isolation; every maestro needs a tight orchestra playing in harmony around them.
Nevertheless, individual awards always seem to capture the imagination and create much debate over the claims of each candidate. With the six nominations for the Professional Footballers Association…
The FC crew question whether anyone can overtake N’Golo Kante in the running for PFA Player of the Year.
As we approach the business end of the season, it’s time to look at the six contenders to be named the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year.
Riyad Mahrez scooped the award last season but who will take the trophy this time around? In no particular order, we look at the contenders on the PFA shortlist, and you can vote for your main man below.
N’Golo Kante
“I obviously don’t cover 30 percent of the Earth,” Kante insists. At times it feels like he does, though. At times…
The FC crew question whether anyone can overtake N’Golo Kante in the running for PFA Player of the Year.
France coach Didier Deschamps believes midfielder N’Golo Kante is one of the best in the world.
Leicester City celebrates on the pitch after beating Sevilla as former teammate N’Golo Kante looks on!
Joao Castelo-Branco and Mark Ogden break down the all story-lines following Chelsea’s FA Cup triumph over Man United.
Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante has backed his teammate Eden Hazard for the PFA Player of the Year award.
Kante, 26, has been strongly tipped to be this season’s winner of the accolade having put in a series of outstanding performances for Premier League leaders Chelsea.
But the former Leicester City player believes Hazard, who was named PFA Player of the Year in 2014-15, is worthy of the award after scoring 13 Premier League goals and recording five assists.
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Kante told Sky Sports News HQ: “For…