N'Golo Kante Quotes

The biggest thing I've been working on his just finding the open man.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw it.

In high school, I played a lot of point forward, and I had to get everyone involved.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

Playing lovely football and making wonderful saves is not a challenge.

Pep has made me understand the game more: not just how I play but also how the team has to play, because I am just a component.

I have to play with discipline in midfield.

I have grown up as a player watching many champions like Pirlo and Xavi. I have watched them and tried to learn from how they do things.

I love good flowing football where the whole team is engaged.

Football is teamwork, unity, defence, assists, sacrifice.

I compliment Kramer perfectly. We both put in a lot of legwork, win many balls, and we're comfortable with the ball at our feet. We also talk a lot both off and on the pitch.

The strikers need the midfielders, defenders, and goalkeepers. My objective is to have everything work in all the aspects.

The position in the middle of the field is the position I'm most comfortable with and where I can improve the most.

I had very good players around me in the team, like in the German national team. Andreas Brehme was one of my best partners in the team because he had good eyes; he could always hit the best ball.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterback for things to happen.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.

There are many talented midfielders but not the kind of playmaker I am.

At Liverpool, I studied Steven Gerrard all the time and improved my game that way. Here, I absorb all I can from Iniesta and Messi.

At Chelsea, there's more focus on team shape, a lot of work on tactics.

I learned and played with the very best like Messi, Xavi and Iniesta.

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

I've always had one in my teams - that sort of central pivot that orchestrates the game.