N'Golo Kante

[LAM09 6,535]

Hope to see him make his debut at some point today.

[Artandur 938]

10 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Hope to see him make his debut at some point today.

Can't imagine he'd play after just one training session, sadly....

 

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,733]

Exactly how tall is he?

 

Looks very very small.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

7 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

Exactly how tall is he?

 

Looks very very small.

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[Special 59]

7 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

Exactly how tall is he?

 

Looks very very small.

5′ 7″

He is exactly as tall as Makelele.

[Costa19 846]

8 hours ago, Special Juan said:

'For N'Golo today he was the first day training with us,' said Conte. 'He has started to look at our idea of football to understand our methods.

'We are pleased to have him with us. He doesn't speak a lot but he does his job. He's a good guy, humble, with a great will to work. It's very important to me, this.

'He's in good physical condition, fantastic. He is a runner. He has great stamina and endurance. He's in good shape but we want to respect the time in the training session and put him in to play with us in the future.

I dont know why but this made me laugh out loud  

[Leif 6,006]

26 minutes ago, Special said:

5′ 7″

He is exactly as tall as Makelele.

athletes like actors & the people who influence them, lie about their height all the time whether they're short or tall. If you're 5'11, Hollywood makes you 6ft+ for marketing purposes (Vin Diesel is a good example. He even wears built-up shoes.) Same happens in music, Kendrick Lamar is 5'4 but tries to push himself as 5'5 (Lil Wayne is 5'3 and tries to claim 5'5.) I know it seems like it shouldn't happen in sports too but it does. Official sites usually have different specs to Wikipedia too, with the latter usually adding an inch. Wiki puts Kante at 5 ft 6 1/2. So I'd confidently put him 1 inch shorter. 

To put things in perspective, Messi looks a true 5'7 (which Kanye West is, but he claims 5'8). He'd have 2+ inches on Kante, you can see that if you compare them.

[Unionjack 7,531]

These 2 lads are going to be dynamite for us

 

Photo: Two new Chelsea signings all smiles in the US

http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2016/07/photo-two-new-chelsea-signings-all-smiles-in-the-us/

[Unionjack 7,531]

I reckon the lad must have molten iron pumping thru his veins

 

 

 

[Special Juan 27,093]

First interview.

https://www.facebook.com/ChelseaFC/?fref=nf

[Chelsea4 1,521]

Kante in a Chelsea shirt.

[Chelsea4 1,521]

 

[Unionjack 7,531]

50 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

First interview.

https://www.facebook.com/ChelseaFC/?fref=nf

He looks like a really luvly lad.

That head is just made for slapping and rubbing.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

Love him already  He's probably already my new favourite player in this team.

[Special Juan 27,093]

A little gem, that's what he is. 

[Unionjack 7,531]

N'Golo Kante: I won't be Chelsea's new Claude Makelele - I'll do things my way

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/ngolo-kante-i-wont-be-chelseas-new-claude-makelele-ill-do-things-my-way-a3311371.html

[akgw13 867]

What a great first impression. I think I'm in love. Absolutely spectacular.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,733]

4 minutes ago, akgw13 said:

What a great first impression. I think I'm in love. Absolutely spectacular.

 

Man if THAT Kante shows up for even half a season we will comfortably be back in the champions league next season.

 

Haven't seen anything like that, from our midfield, in years. He was even spraying pitch perfect passes out wide to Cuadrado and Hazard. Perfect performance. I know its just preseason, but god damn that was a great performance.