Kanter's former teammate: Kante apologized to me when he attended my birthday party that year:

According to a report from Sportbible, French star Ngolo Kante may be the most popular footballer in the world. With his active performances, Chelsea won the Champions League for the first time in nine years, and an interesting past of the midfielder surfaced.

On Saturday, in Chelsea's win over Manchester City, Kante was once again voted the best player of the game, and many people called for him to win this year's Ballon d'Or, but he rejected the compliment with typical humility.

The 30-year-old has won all the victories on the football pitch, but the word "humility" can really sum him up.

A former teammate who played with Kante in Ligue 1 told such a story.

The World Cup winner, who was invited to a birthday party at the time, apologized for not knowing what gift to bring because he had never been invited to a birthday party before.

In an interview with brazilian media outlet Uol Sport, Brazilian player Felipe Saad said: "When I had my birthday, I invited Ngolo to participate, it was a small party. ”

"Suddenly, he came to the restaurant with a box of chocolates, his face full of shame."

"He apologized for giving such a gift, saying he didn't know what to give because he had never been invited to a birthday party before."

Despite Paul Pogba's recent claims that his France team-mate was actually a big liar, he still stressed: "Everybody loves Kante".

Sade explained that his former team-mate, who left Caen in 2015 for Leicester City, was just like we saw, and in private he was the same. ”

The Brazilian, 37, added: "Ngoró is one of the best players I know and his image in football is gone. ”

'That's why the players all agreed that Kante in the dressing room is the same as what you see on TV.