N'Golo Kante Wins First PFA Player Award With Chelsea

N'Golo Kante Holding The PFA Player Award

The 26-year-old joined the Blues from Leicester for £32million last summer and has quickly established himself as a key figure in Antonio Conte's midfield ranks. He beat the likes of Eden Hazard, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexis Sanchez to the accolade.

The former Leicester City Midfielder has been in sensational form since moving to west London, and he has won this year's award ahead of teammate Eden Hazard.

N'Golo Kante has had an excellent season with champions-elect Chelsea since moving from the Foxes. Kante's energy is second to none and he has dominated many a midfield battle, making a total of 110 tackles.

His former Leicester City  team mate won the award last year, with Eden hazard, Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale all lifting the trophy in the last Five years

If there is no surprise that the majority of Premier League players have picked N’Golo Kante as their first choice for player of the year, there is one surprise from his sensational debut season at Chelsea: he was not Antonio Conte’s first choice for central midfield.