Kante Wanted to Play for Mali Before Choosing France - Vardy
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Jamie Vardy tells us that his former player wanted to play for an African country, but then he persuaded the current world champion.
Former teammate of N'Golo Kanté in Leicester, Jamie Vardy revealed this week that the international community hesitated before opting for the French selection. The 2018 World Champion could have chosen to represent Mali, his parents' home country.
N'Golo Kanté has been a major influence on the French game in recent years. As former teammate Jamie Vardy has now revealed, the midfielder actually didn't want to play for the "Grande Nation" at all.
A world champion in 2018, the tri-colored midfielder N的Golo Kanté hesitated between Mali and France before finally opting for the Blues. He was one of the providential men of the world sacre in 2018. And yet his international career almost knew another fate. Before choosing for the French team, N的Golo Kanté (35 years old) imagined wearing the colours of Mali in honor of his father. But these are his Leicester teammates, where he developed during…
Kante wanted to play for Mali before choosing France - Vardy
Leicester City legend Jamie Vardy has revealed that former teammate N’Golo Kanté was initially keen to represent Mali before eventually committing his international future to France. Vardy made the revelation on his podcast, Jamie Vardy’s Having A Party, while reflecting on his time alongside the midfielder during Leicester City’s historic Premier League title-winning campaign in 2015/16. According to the former England striker, Kanté wanted to …
Les Bleus could never have known N的Golo Kanté in his ranks: Jamie Vardy, his former teammate in Leicester, confirms that the iconic midfielder of the French team did not initially want to wear the tricolor jersey. N的Golo Kanté became one of the most prominent faces of the French team, but his history with Les Bleus might have never begun. Before choosing the French selection, the midfielder wanted to represent Mali in order to honor his father's…
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