Poyet claims Kante is better than Casemiro and Busquet

Former Chelsea great, Gus Poyet has joined in praising Chelsea midfielder, N'Golo Kante. Poyet described him as easily the best midfielder in world football.

“They missed him a lot, you could see how much the minute he came back,” Poyet told Standard Sport. “He’s easily the best central midfielder in the world. Easily. He would play in a World XI, no doubt. I know there are players like Casemiro, Sergio Busquets but he’s better than them.


“He knows the game, when to stay, when to run and how to run well. He reads it so well he knows what is going to happen before he gets there. That way he controls it with his incredible power and finesse. Normally players like that aren’t as good on the ball as Kante is.

“It’s incredible that he went to Leicester and nobody saw him until they won the league! You do what you do, managers do what they do but how didn’t any scouts see him?”

Kante is likely to be the first name on Chelsea's team sheet when they take on West Brom in the English Premier League on Saturday.