Current Chelsea and Manchester City players who used to be teammates

Pep Guardiola and Maurizio Sarri, two top Premier League managers go face to face for the second time this season.
Pep Guardiola and Maurizio Sarri, two top Premier League managers go face to face for the second time this season.

#2 N'Golo Kante and Riyad Mahrez

Kante and Mahrez were the breakout stars of the 2015-16 season for Leicester City
Kante and Mahrez were the breakout stars of the 2015-16 season for Leicester City

Leicester City's fairytale story of the 2015-16 season would've been unimaginable without these two players. Influential midfielder N'Golo Kante and winger Riyad Mahrez were teammates for one season, before the former decided to move to Chelsea.

The two players do not need an introduction nowadays, but both of them were relatively unknown before The Foxes were crowned the unlikely champions in the summer of 2016.

Both of the players have won the prestigious PFA Players' Player of The Year award. Kante also won another league title with his current club in the very next season after his success at the King Power Stadium.

Kante has established himself as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world, but Mahrez has failed to replicate his form after the title-winning season, though he has continued to shown glimpses of brilliance in between.

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