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#3 N’Golo Kante
During his three years in the Premier League, Kante has perhaps been the best centre midfielder in the country, if not all of Europe. He has been seen more as a defensive midfielder in that time, during which he has won two Premier League titles and an FA Cup, as well as winning the World Cup with France this summer.
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We saw something different from Kante in the opening game of the season at Huddersfield. Whereas he has been the only defensive minded player in the Chelsea midfield in recent years, that could change this year, with Jorginho happy to play at the base of a midfield three, sitting deep and dictating play.
This gives Kante more freedom going forward, and he has the engine to get up and down the field, and we saw that when he scored Chelsea’s first goal of the season with a volley at the John Smith’s Stadium.
