N’Golo Kante Was Involved In A Car Crash But Still Stopped For Fan Photos As He Was Too Polite To Say No

Cesc Fabregas has shared a hilarious story of how N’Golo Kante was late for a Chelsea meeting because he was involved in a car crash, then stopped to take photos with fans at the roadside as he was too polite to say no.

The France midfielder is famed for the beloved Mini Cooper he drove for years and humble image, which he insists is overblown. But his nice-guy status was confirmed by his former Blues colleague Fabregas.

Kante was – unusually – late for a Chelsea meeting in 2018, ahead of a Carabao Cup tie against Arsenal. The reason? His Mini had collided with a lorry on the King’s Road, knocking off a wing mirror and causing damage to his car.

However as Kante waited by the roadside for recovery services, he was approached by eager football fans. So naturally he just obliged each request for selfies, despite his recent run-in with a lorry.

“‘Everybody knows he is a really good human being,” wrote Fabregas in the Telegraph.

“One day, we [the team] met in the morning, we were playing at night, and everyone was, ‘Where’s N’Golo, where’s N’Golo?’ We’re starting the meeting and normally he was always on time.

“Eventually, he arrived and everyone started clapping and Antonio [Rudiger] said, ‘What’s happened?’

“His car was all damaged and the wing mirror had to be taped back on, but he still stopped for photographs, even though it made him late!”

Although Kante has tried to play down stories of his selfless acts, his teammates seem determined to keep telling stories of the 30-year-old’s everyman nature.