N'Golo Kante cut an unremarkable figure when he arrived in English football 18 months ago following a £5.6 million transfer from French club Caen to Leicester City.
Alan Birchenall, the former Leicester midfielder and now club ambassador, tells the story of how Kante arrived at the Foxes' Belvoir Drive training ground: "[He] stood outside my office like he was lost -- I thought he was looking for the youth-team dressing-room because he was so small."
Perhaps Birchenall's misunderstanding gets to the root of why Kante has been such a success in the Premier League, initially helping Leicester to their remarkable Premier League title triumph last season and now becoming indispensable at the heart of Chelsea's midfield under Antonio Conte.