N'Golo Kante

“I've never been someone who loves a car and when I was young I didn't have the ambition of a car or something like that.”

“It is always special to play against my old team.”

“There have been a lot of French midfielders at Chelsea, but they did it their way and I do it my way and I hope I can do good things at Chelsea.”

“The opportunity to work with Antonio Conte, a brilliant coach, and some of the best players in the world was too good to turn down.”

“I can talk with my team-mates, understand them and it's better for understanding the coaching staff and the game itself. If someone's making a run and they shout for the ball, I know now.”

“We will fight against good teams.”

“I came from amateur football.”

“Win, win, win. We will fight for everything.”

“Football is like this: after every game you have to do better in the next and the season is the same.”

“I need to keep improving tactically, defensively and offensively for the last pass, the last shot.”

“I can always improve. Maybe score more goals and more assists, always help the team the best I can.”

“I think Eden did an amazing job, had an amazing time with Chelsea.”

“My favorite thing is when we lift a trophy. Afterward, we can have a picture of us lifting a trophy. And that picture shows a lot of work, a lot of difficulty and a lot of sacrifice together.”

“When you play cards and find yourself in a tricky situation, you'll use some little strategies - and that is what I have done from time to time. That is why my national teammates have called me a cheat. They are not completely right, as I am not the only person to have done it. But they are not wrong either.”

“I try not to get carried away and to only focus on the team goals to keep winning, to keep performing to the best I can.”

“It's a huge honour to be named player of the year... and I want to thank everyone who voted for me.”

“When I arrived at Chelsea, I was at Leicester and I had just won my first title with a club.”

“My failures were something for me - my first contact with professional football. Though it didn't go all that well, it's not a regret, it's just like that. But looking back, those failures helped me consider football differently, consider the professional game differently.”

“With Arsenal there was an interest but not a big as other clubs. That is why I didn't go to Arsenal and went to Chelsea.”

“I have always been discreet in my life.”