A majority of players pass through football clubs, like changing cast members in a long-running West End production. Some are replaceable, and although their legacies may gain adoration, others can replicate their talents, especially at clubs with the significant funds to find them.
N'Golo Kante is certainly in a different bracket. Once he departs west London in May or beyond, replicating his skillset is a job even the shrewdest recruitment team in the sport would envy.
Chapters will be written in future football books about his impact on the game and how his unique and transformative skill set led his clubs and country to extraordinary heights. How, for a player who is small in stature, his impact on games was so dominant and overwhelming for the opposition to handle.
