December 7th.

Half past eight in the morning.

A white BMW Mini Cooper arrived at the gates of the Belvour site very punctually.

"Dog touches you!"

After exchanging good morning with the janitor, Kante drove slowly into the base and into the parking lot.

At this time, there were no other players' cars in the parking lot, except for a Mercedes-Benz C260 and a black Land Rover.

Kante certainly knows who the owners of the two cars are.

The former belongs to captain Morgan, and the latter belongs to the star Ling Feng.

And these two people are often the first players to arrive at the base.

Parking the car and saddling his sports backpack, Kante walked briskly into the base.

In the early days of joining the Blue Foxes, Kante had to run and commute because his agent was still dealing with the house and other chores.

Fortunately, there is Ling Feng, a very friendly and enthusiastic teammate, who is willing to pick him up and commute to work every day, so that he does not have to run and commute every day.

However, it has never been Kante's character to trouble others.

So, after a month's ride, in order not to trouble Ling Feng, Kanter bought a second-hand BMW Mini Coopers as a scooter.

And this second-hand BMW, which cost 20,000 pounds, made him feel distressed for a while.

You know, 20,000 pounds can cost an ordinary French ghetto family for a year!

No matter now, he is already a Premier League star with a weekly salary of 40,000.

But in his heart, he is still the little boy who followed his father to rummage through the garbage at the age of seven.

He knows that every penny is hard-won!

Besides, he has seven siblings in his family, and a lot of relatives and friends need him to support.

If it weren't for the club's fear of something happening to him on the road, he would have had to let him drive, Kante wouldn't have spent the money.

Coming to the dressing room, Kante saw captain Morgan and Ling Feng chatting.

"Hello, the dog touched you!"

Facing Kante taking the initiative to say hello, Ling Feng also smiled, stepped forward to shake hands with him and bumped shoulders:

"Bonjour, Ngolo!"

During the period of picking up Kante to and from work, Ling Feng also learned some simple French from Kante and taught Kante English at the same time.

Moreover, in his daily training, Ling Feng is also his exclusive translator.

With his help, N'Golo Kante not only settled into the team quickly, but also improved his English by leaps and bounds, and was able to understand most of the usual tactical vocabulary and speak simple phrases.

Even so, he has a very strong accent in his English.

However, it is also his personal characteristic

"How does it feel?"

"Very good."

With the arrival of Kante, Ling Feng also began to switch back and forth between English and French, and chatted with Kante.

From the very beginning, learning French from N'Golo Kante was not a whim.

This is to prepare in advance to meet French stars in the future and be able to chat with each other!

Among the several ultimate goals that Ling Feng set for himself, in addition to winning the Golden Ball and winning the championship, there is also a more special one.

That's the philatelic football stars!

Since he was finally reborn, of course he hopes to get to know the many famous stars in his memory.

It would be nice to be able to have a conversation with the other person!

That's why he learned other languages.

When both of them were done, the other teammates also came to the locker room one after another.

After changing clothes, everyone went to the restaurant for breakfast, and after a hearty breakfast, they went to the massage room.

Today is the first day of returning to the team after the holiday, and it is generally mainly for recovery training.

And while teammates such as Ling Feng and Mahrez were receiving muscle relaxation in the massage room, the club's football director Rudkin suddenly visited:

"Guys, I've got you guys in the news that Sky Sports is going to do a documentary follow-up with us."

"Of course, nothing will bother you. You just do as you normally would."

"In addition to some group shooting, there will be a separate interview with you, and someone will notify you when the time comes."

Obviously, at club level, the team's current record and league position are the closest they have ever come to winning the Premier League.

Even if they don't win the championship in the end, this season will be an extraordinary and exciting one for them, and it will be very memorable.

So when Sky Sports offered to make a short documentary for them, the club's hierarchy didn't hesitate and immediately accepted.

For Leicester's players, it had little impact.

Originally, the team had a special team photographer who was responsible for taking pictures of the team's daily life.

Sky Sports' proposal is just an extra shot around them.

Especially after confirming that Sky Sports would not enter the locker room to shoot, the Blue Foxes did not take this matter to heart, but began to talk about the interview.

And Ling Feng became the object of advice from other teammates.

Who made him young, almost a veteran of dealing with the media

It is worth mentioning that the first to be interviewed by Sky Sports was not the team's head coach Ranieri, nor the star Ling Feng, but the team's soul and chief scouting director, Steve Walsh!

Someone has calculated that among the starting eleven of the Blue Foxes, except for Schmeichel Jr. and the team's youth academy Ling Feng, the remaining nine were recommended and brought back by Walsh.

So, in a sense, Walsh is the creator of this team at the top of the Premier League!

As the so-called Maxima often exists, but Bole does not often have.

The importance of Bole is very important in professional football.

To find out more about why Leicester City have been able to achieve great results after returning to the Premier League, starting with Walsh is a good place to start.

After talking to Walsh, the next person interviewed by Sky Sports producers was the team's head coach, Italian coach Ranieri, who only took charge of the Blue Foxes this season!

In a room with lights and cameras, Ranieri was interviewed by the documentary filmmaker.

In the beginning, it was just some routine questions.

For example, the feeling of returning to the Premier League, the goals of the team at the beginning, the understanding of the players, etc.

Soon, the conversation came to the players brought in this season.

"By the way, I just had a chat with Steve Walsh and he said you didn't seem to want to sign N'Golo Kante in the first place, right?"

In the face of the reporter's question, Ranieri also smiled and admitted:

"Oh, yes. We had the idea at the beginning to find some international players. So we bought Inle."

"Still, Steve was very persistent and kept whispering Ngolo in my ear. Ngolo. Even did a very detailed scouting report and put it on my desk! ”

'Then I looked at the scouting report and I didn't know this little man was going to play in the Premier League'

'It wasn't until N'Golo came to the team and saw how he played on the training pitch that I knew he was right.

At first, Ranieri did not look too much for Kante and did not have much expectations.

Even though Walsh, the head scouting officer, strongly recommended him, he only reluctantly accepted the signing of the tiny French midfielder.

Anyway, it doesn't cost much, just buy it.

However, with the in-depth understanding of training and games, he was surprised to find that this small man of 1.68 meters is definitely the most indispensable part of the team!

Even if he plays in the inconspicuous position of the midfield, he is extremely low-key off the field, but the excellent performance on the field that is obvious to all can no longer hide the light on the Frenchman.

Many football experts have pointed out that the reason why Leicester City has made great progress in defense this season is because of the arrival of Kante, in addition to the Italian defensive tactical concept instilled in the team by Ranieri!

With sweeping and interceptions everywhere in midfield, N'Golo Kante relied on his abundant energy and aggressive running to form a barrier that was difficult to cross in Leicester's midfield.

Whether it is against the Premier League's tall midfielders and forwards, or competing for five or five goals, Kante, who looks a little thin, is not left behind!

Especially his sticking ability, once he is stuck by Kante, there is only one end for any player, and that is to be cut off!

With N'Golo Kante by his side, he will also be able to lighten the burden of defence and focus more on the work of the backcourt hub.

To everyone's surprise, N'Golo Kante was not only able to do a good job as a defender, but also pushed forward!

Coupled with Ling Feng's rapid advancement ability and accurate passing, Leicester City has diversified the means of ball and promotion in the stage of shifting from defense to attack, and it is impossible to prevent it at all!

It can be said that in the past three months, Kante has conquered his teammates and fans with his performances

If the vote for the best signing of the Premier League season is held now, Blue Fox fans will definitely vote for this little giant who is only 1.68 meters!

。。。

Sky Sports' follow-up and player interviews didn't end in a day.

It's about asking the players to talk about their thoughts and feelings about some of the big moments of the game as the schedule progresses.

In the next few days, Ling Feng, Vardy and Mahrez were all interviewed.

During that time, the follow-up team also caught up with Riyad Mahrez being voted Premier League Player of the Month for November and Claudio Ranieri being named Coach of the Month for November

It's definitely a good video footage.

And on the second day of the away draw in Sion, Kante, who was lifting iron in the gym, heard the assistant coach shouting:

"Hey, Ngolo, it's your turn!"

Kante, who was holding a dumbbell, looked confused: "What's my turn?" ”

"Interviewed by the TV station."

Hearing this, Kante's honest and honest black face couldn't help but show a look of embarrassment:

"That. I don't speak English well. Can I skip the interview? ”

Maybe it was expected a long time ago, and the assistant coach directly said yes

"It's okay, Ling will accompany you, and he will act as your translator."

Hearing Ling Feng being interviewed with him, Kanter was stunned at first, and the resistance and apprehension in his heart suddenly subsided a lot.

For N'Golo Kante, Ling Feng was his first friend in Leicester.

Coming alone in an unfamiliar country and an unfamiliar team made Kante a little confused at first.

Fortunately, with Ling Feng's help in all aspects, he quickly integrated into the team and the city.

Ling Feng would even take him to his house from time to time to have dinner and talk about football together.

And after he tasted the food carefully prepared by the private chef of Ling Feng's family, he fell in love with Chinese food!

Since Ling Feng is accompanied, there should be no problem

Thinking so, Kante casually put down the dumbbell and nodded:

"Oh well"

"You just go to the media room, they're waiting for you."

When Kante arrived in the media room, he saw two chairs in the middle.

One is empty, and the other is sitting on Ling Feng, the star of the Blue Fox.

On the opposite side of Ling Feng sat a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes.

Seeing Kante, who was obviously a little restrained, Ling Feng immediately got up, stepped forward and put his arm around Kante's shoulder, and then whispered to him:

"Ngolo, if you have any questions later, you can't answer them, just pretend you don't understand, and I'll help you answer."

Hearing this, Kanter suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and then showed Ling Feng his trademark smile:

“OK。”

Although when he was in Caen in Ligue 1, he also gave an exclusive interview to the media.

However, he has never been interested in these media and interviews.

He doesn't like to be famous, and he doesn't like to be the darling of the media chase.

He just likes to enjoy playing football and the rewards of hard work

Once Kante was seated, the interview began.

"Kante, how is your English?"

"Okay, I can probably understand."

As soon as it came up, the producer just asked Kante why he chose to join Leicester City, and how he felt after joining the usual topics.

However, on the topic of joining, Kante only omitted some of the process, saying only that he learned about Leicester City from his agent and then felt honoured to have the opportunity to play in the Premier League.

After a few simple questions, the producer found that this interview was not a big hit, so he suddenly threw out an interesting question:

"Ling, can you tell us the story of you and Ngolo? Listen to other people say that you and Ngolo are always whispering in French in the corner."

Hearing this, Ling Feng raised his eyebrows, and immediately laughed:

"Haha, those guys are just jealous of my language talent"

"However, I remember one day not long after he joined, and after the training, I was on my way home on the drive home and met N'Golo"

In front of the camera, Ling Feng told for the first time that he met Kante on the side of the road who ran back to the hotel, and also told the story of how he picked up Kante to and from work, and then asked Kante to teach him French as a reward:

"It was during that month that I gained a friend and a French teacher"

After saying that, Ling Feng did not forget to raise his fist and gesture to Kanter on the side.

The latter was stunned for a moment, but also raised his fist very cooperatively and touched it.

"And what characteristics do you remember about N'Golo?"

"He's humble, serious, hardworking, friendly, and I can't find any fault in him."

"You can see N'Golo on any inch of grass on the pitch! I think every team wants an N'Golo! ”

Turning his head and glancing at Kante with a smile on his face, Ling Feng spread his hands and said with a smile:

"Whether it's coaches, teammates, or fans. Everybody loves Ngolo! ”

(End of chapter)