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N'Golo Kante's PFA award: Numbers behind Chelsea midfielder's prize win

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Layla Anna-Lee tells you exactly why she believes N'golo Kante is not the best midfielder in the world.

N'Golo Kante was a popular winner of the PFA Player of the Year award at Grosvenor House on Sunday, and the numbers that underpin his exceptional first season at Chelsea make it easy to see why.

Since arriving from Premier League champions Leicester City for £32 million -- £3m less than Arsenal paid for Granit Xhaka and around a third of what Manchester United splashed out to make Paul Pogba the world's most expensive player -- the 26-year-old has become the engine of a formidable Chelsea team.