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Joey Barton: ‘This Chelsea star should not be considered the best in the world!’

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Joey Barton believes N’Golo Kante is overrated and should not be considered the best in the world when he has not yet played in the Champions League.

Barton who is known to run his mouth all the time and pretty much claim just about every player he’s ever played against is crap, has now hit out at PFA contender N’golo Kante.

Having played against Kante in Burnley’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea in February, Barton says he’s ‘sceptical’ about the midfielder.

Hey remember that time Barton had that fake French accent? now try reading what he said without thinking of that:

‘In England, there are boxes and it is impossible to get out of them,’ he told Le Journal du Dimanche.

‘At the moment, for example, everyone swears by N’Golo Kante. It’s fashionable.

‘For pundits, he’s the best midfielder in the world. That’s not the case – he’s very good, but I played against him three weeks ago.

‘He’s a phenomenal destroyer who played in a phenomenal team, but he’s not a creator. And it’s impossible to be so definitive with a player who has not played in the Champions League.

‘Two years ago, no-one knew who he was and I was surprised that the scouts missed him. I’m sceptical, like Dimitri Payet.

‘He was incredible last season with West Ham, which surprised everyone, including me. When I was with Marseille and he played with Lille, he was only seen against Sochaux and Brest – never in the big games. It was the same with OM afterwards.

‘But in England, it was different after his first game. Except, no big club made a move for him: it was China or Marseille? Why?

‘We focus too much on a player when he works well, we don’t focus on how he behaves in difficulty. If you look at Zlatan Ibrahimovic at PSG, he was very consistent – that’s the mark of a great.’

Did you read it in his fake French accent?

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