Leicester City fan Gary Lineker believes that N’Golo Kante should be named as the Foxes Player of the Year following a sensational debut season in England.
As some of you are asking, my choice for player of the year would be N'golo Kanté. Tough though to choose between Leicester's big three.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) May 2, 2016
After being quizzed by his followers on Twitter, Lineker named Kante as the player that has impressed him the most at Leicester this season but added it was hard to overlook the efforts of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez.
The latter duo have recently picked up their own individual awards as Mahrez was named the PFA Player of the Year and Vardy was awarded the FWA Player of the Year accolade.
Kante was signed from Caen for just £5.6-million last summer and has quickly become one of the best players in the entire Premier League winning 115 tackles and completing 148 interceptions.
The Frenchman has even earned a call-up to the French national team for his efforts this season and will be hoping that Didier Deschamps picks him for his final squad at this summer’s European Championship.
Leicester now stand on the cusp of one of the greatest sporting achievements in history as they are currently eight points clear at the top of the Premier League with just two games remaining.
Whether they would have been able to do this without the efforts of Kante in the centre of the park in unclear but his tenacity and work-rate has been one of the key elements to Leicester’s success.
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