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Kante Could Have Played Another Sport After Being Scouted At A Young Age

Kante Could Have Played Another Sport After Being Scouted At A Young Age

Imagine football without Kante

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Imagine if football didn't have N'Golo Kante. Horrible thought, right?! Well, it could of been that way had he opted for Rugby or even basketball.

Yes, rugby.

And his skills wasn't just limited to the egg-shaped ball as he also had some handy work with a basketball. The man of many talents.

(Here's Gary Neville thinking that Kante should be Player of the Year. It's hard to argue:)

(Video via Sky Sports)

"We used to play football or skate ball outside with friends. When I began school we started swimming, rugby, football, athletics and basketball." He said via The Sunday Times.

"After basketball one day a teacher said, 'You have good mentality. You lose but kept playing for your teammates.' Another day we did cross-country and I finished third."

"And maybe one year later we did rugby, I tried to tackle the man and my teacher said, 'When you were at the tournament the scout from the club said you have good spirit, good condition, maybe you can play rugby."

"In the end the teacher said to my family, 'Maybe it would be good for N'Golo to do some sport' and my choice was to play football."

"No, no. If you want to fight, OK, but maybe in rugby I'll be too small for that. I didn't choose my size. When I play, I don't think I'm smaller than others."

Good choice, N'Golo. And brilliant mindset. Like Mark Twain says, "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."

(H/T Metro)

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Topics: Chelsea, N'Golo Kante