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Middlesbrough Fan Casually Scouted N'Golo Kante Two Years Before Leicester City Signed Him

Middlesbrough Fan Casually Scouted N'Golo Kante Two Years Before Leicester City Signed Him

Kante went onto join Leicester City and the rest is history...

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

While N'Golo Kante was playing in France's second tier, a diehard Middlesbrough fan scouted the midfielder and recommended him to the club which even got a response from their official Twitter account.

Dennis Abbott tweeted the North East outfit about Kante in 2013, urging then-manager Tony Mowbray to check out Kante who was plying his trade for Caen.

"Boro scouts: tell Tony #Mowbray to check out #Caen midfielder Ngolo #Kante before #Wenger gets him. Top top player," he wrote back in 2013.

To which Boro replied: "Passed on to our scouts, thanks Dennis."

"That's great. He's an outstanding creative player, winning plaudits from media & players alike," Dennis wrote back.

"Thanks Dennis - they're going to look," the club replied.

Naturally, Boro missing out on Kante sent social media into overdrive.

"Got a feeling this kante fella will be a top player," one social media user joked.

A second wrote: "Maybe end up at some top level club and grab a couple of PL medals maybe a world cup."

A third added: "Had a mere here lads ain't ya."

Image: PA
Image: PA

Of course, Boro failed to listen to Dennis' advice and didn't sign Kante who ended up at Leicester City for a measly £5.6 million in 2015.

He won the Premier League title with the Foxes and then secured a big-money transfer to Chelsea, where he made it back-to-back Premier League medals.

He's also won the FA Cup and Europa League not to mention the World Cup with France in 2018.

One that got away...

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Topics: Football News, Leicester City, Chelsea, Football, Premier League, N'Golo Kante, championship

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Darren Till, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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