The French international, N'Golo Kante, was known as the Chelsea midfielder, for his calm personality off the field, his tactical discipline, and his courage in defending the colors of the shirt.

Kante has never caused any problems with competitors on the field, and in many cases his voice is not heard and it is rare to see him object to the decisions of the referees.

However, all this did not help the 31-year-old French star to live a stable life outside the green rectangle, as a French report revealed that he had been kidnapped and threatened to end his career and kill his agent.

And France Football magazine revealed, in a lengthy investigation, that Kante experienced a difficult situation in France in 2017, when he was kidnapped and asked to change his agent at gunpoint.

N'Golo Kanté has been facing major personal issues for 6 years.

In 2017, Kanté was a victim of an attack where a gun was pointed at one of his knees.

The people involved demanded Kanté sign a representation contract because 'they've known each other a long time.'

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Kante was ambushed by unknown persons, while he was in a restaurant located in the suburbs of Paris, and was forced to ride a car with darkened windows and taken to a remote location.

The kidnappers pointed a gun and pointed it at one of his knees (threatening to end his football career) and demanded that he change his agent, and told him, "Either you leave your agent and change him, or we shoot him." But the player denied the incident after one of his relatives reached him and moved him from the place.

And the French "RMC" website confirmed that this incident is related to the player's transfer from Leicester City to Chelsea in July 2016.

Abd al-Karim Dowis, Kante's agent at the time, received a commission of 4.8 million euros for the player's transfer to the London team, in a deal in which the "Blues" paid 36 million euros.

Here, two people intervened, the first called Idris Groot, his former friend and neighbor, and the other, Rashid Saadneh, who is also one of his old acquaintances, and who felt that they had left the deal with nostalgia.

Rasheed accompanied his brother Hawari - who was armed - in order to kidnap the player and demanded a share of the commission that Dowis received and his removal from office.

The French network explains that Kante's first agent was Philippe Flavier, who transferred him from the French club "Cannes" to Leicester in 2015.

And "France Football" indicates that Kante, who was lost at first, worked with 11 business agents in the period between 2013 and 2015, before settling on Doyce, who is also an old acquaintance.

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Kante returned to Chelsea's group training on February 21, 2023, after a long absence from the team due to a hamstring injury he suffered in August 2022, after the first two rounds of the Premier League.

The French international's injury later worsened, and he underwent surgery that kept him out of action for a longer period and prevented him from participating with the France national team in the 2022 World Cup.

Kante joined Chelsea in the summer of 2016, and since that date he has played 262 matches in all competitions, scoring 13 goals and providing 15 assists.

Kante won 6 titles with Chelsea, which are the English Premier League, the FA Cup, the European League, the European Champions League, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup.