Emotional as N’Golo Kante Was Involved In A Car Crash But Still Stopped For Fan Photos 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.

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.

Explaining his choice of car to the BBC, the 2018 World Cup winner once said: "I was at Leicester City and it was my first car in England. One person advised a Mini, I tried and I liked it so I bought one."

Kante, the man of the match in Chelsea's Champions League final victory over Manchester City, will likely be a key part of France's Euro 2020 campaign, which begins against Germany on Tuesday night.

That is, unless every fan stops to ask him for a photo and he politely obliges, even as kick-off looms.