N'Golo Kante has always had a plan for his career and will join "a very, very big European club" if he leaves Chelsea, his former coach at Caen has told ESPN FC.
Chelsea paid around £30 million to sign Kante from Premier League champions Leicester City in the summer, capitalising on a release clause included in the Frenchman's contract when he moved to the King Power Stadium from Caen for £5.6m just 12 months earlier.
Kante will face Leicester for the first time since the move at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, adding another chapter to a remarkable story that has seen him rise from the French third division to one of European football's biggest clubs in just three years.