It turns out that football was not Chelsea’s midfielder N’golo Kante’s main concern when in his late teens as he barely had the chance to play professionally.
Having started at the local amateur club JS Suresnes, the World Cup winner found it very difficult to get a chance, and by 2012, he barely got the first team action when playing in the French third division.
After several denied opportunities, Kante eventually got a chance to play with Boulogne’s reserve team at a time when he helped the club rise to the fifth division.
“I was at Boulogne, in the second team – the sixth, then the fifth division. I wasn’t professional, so I kept studying because I wasn’t sure if I would be able to make a living as a footballer.
“When I went up to the first-team, I became professional, so I stopped studying. I got my qualification in accountancy, but now I prefer to concentrate on football,” Kante narrated.
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