31+ Kante Position At Leicester Background. Kante,vardy and mahrez won the league for leicester in 2016 and kante was the engine room behind the team's success and leicester struggled the season he left for chelsea. Kante left and they were looking for a replacement.
In 2015, he signed for leicester city for a fee of €8 million. Kante was signed for £5.6million and soon brought the best out of mahrez. Leicester would be loathe to lose kante, who helped them secure a first ever premier league title last term.
Kante joined leicester from caen for a fee of around £5.6million last summer and it would be fair to say that not many were too familiar with the midfielder at the time of the transfer.
Keown believes kante may now be up there with the greatest defensive midfielders of all time after his huge contribution to chelsea's success, while maurizio sarri tried playing him in a different position but thomas tuchel is playing him where he is at his best. Kante joined leicester from caen for a fee of around £5.6million last summer and it would be fair to say that not many were too familiar with the midfielder at the time of the transfer. The midfielder has been linked with a move away this summer after playing a starring role in their shock barclays premier league title win. N'golo kante earns pundits and bbc sport readers' plaudits as chelsea win the champions league.