Former Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante is thriving in Saudi Arabia with Al-Ittihad.

The France World Cup winner left Chelsea over the summer for the Saudi Pro League club.

After almost 18 months of injury problems, Kante hasn't looked back in an Al-Ittihad shirt.

With the Saudis, Kante has started eleven consecutive games and played almost ever minute of Al-Ittihad's season.

The 32 year-old with Chelsea played nine games and 685 minutes in the 2022-2023 season. Meanwhile, in these first months of the SPL alone he has played more than the entire last season: 11 games and 946 minutes.