
N'Golo
Kante insists Chelsea will try to win "everything" in the 2017-18 campaign
after this season's Premier League title.
The 26-year-old France international has now claimed back-to-back winners'
medals with Leicester City and Chelsea, and followed up the Blues' success
by being named the Football Writers' Association (FWA) Player of the Year -
having already taken the PFA award.
Kante is not prepared to slow down though and has already set his sights on
the Champions League, with the midfielder set to play in the competition for
the first time following Chelsea's Premier League success.
"Nest season will be a new challenge because we are going to try to keep the
title, to win the two cups [FA Cup and EFL Cup] and also we'll have the
Champions League," Kante said when picking up his FWA award.
"For a club like Chelsea, we want to win everything, we're going to try and
win everything. It's a new challenge for everyone."
Kante polled the most votes among the 340-strong FWA membership, beating
team-mate Eden Hazard and third-placed Dele Alli to the award.
The former Caen midfielder's tenacious work in Antonio Conte's 3-4-3 system
has allowed the likes of Hazard a liberated role, and Kante has put
Chelsea's success firmly down to the Blues head coach.
"He [Conte] had a very clear idea of what he wanted from the team, and from
me," Kante added. "Since I joined Chelsea he puts a winning mentality on
everyone.
"The hard work, the important little details, he's a winner. He's a hard
worker, he wants to work, work and repeat in every training session to win
at the weekend."