# 2. N'Golo Kante : £120,000-a-week
Chelsea had a tough job up their sleeves replacing the legendary Claude Makélélé, until they signed Kante in 2016 from Leicester City.
The 26-year-old is certainly the best central midfielder in the world at the moment and is tipped only to get better.
He already appears to be at the peak of his performances despite Chelsea's poor run of form in 2017/18 season.
Kante single-handedly shackled Lionel Messi at Stamford Bridge and destroyed all the creativity of the Catalans.
The Frenchman has a passing accuracy of 89% and created 33 chances for his team, in the league this season.
It is absolutely ridiculous that such an extraordinary midfielder earns so much lesser than Cesc Fabregas, who bags more than £155,000-a-week at the Stamford Bridge.