4. N’Golo Kanté (Chelsea FC)
Kanté performance in midfield for Leicester City last season cannot be overlooked, his move from Leicester to Chelsea this year, forfeiting the chance to play in Europe’s elite club competition, was met with thunderous joy by the Chelsea faithful, who see Kanté as an incarnation of former Blues player Makélélé, Kanté primarily plays as a defensive midfielder and exhibits bursts of energy, which is reminiscent of Makélélé’s style of play. Kanté has what it takes to overcome the flaws that led to an abysmal title defense by Chelsea last term, physically strong and a hard-working player, Kanté can help Blues manager Antonio Conte to push for the title this year.
3. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspurs FC)
Last year’s Young Player of the Year winner, Dele Alli, is replicating his form this term as well, providing Spurs with the attacking flair required to challenge for the title. Under the stewardship of Mauricio Pochettino, the 20-year-old has flourished once again and has scored some crucial goals in the last few games. Notwithstanding his stature at 6’2’’ the precocious Alli has the right balance, and is a good passer of the ball and rarely has a poor first touch, combine that with his knack of assisting goals, what Tottenham have is the brightest young talents to come out of England in quite some time.
