Chelsea's Rudiger: Kante speaks in clicks, I thought there was something wrong with him!

Antonio Rudiger says he thought there was something wrong with N'Golo Kante because the Chelsea midfielder talks in clicks.

Kante, who joined Chelsea from Leicester in 2016, has been hailed by many as one of the nicest figures in football.

Rudiger says the rumours are true as he spoke of the humble nature of the France international.

Writing in The Player's Tribune, Rudiger said: "I have to tell a quick story about one of the nicest guys in football. I am speaking, of course, about N’Golo Kante. 

"Before I came to Chelsea, I had heard all the beautiful stories about him. They said he is always smiling. They said he still drives an old Mini Cooper. They said he never raises his voice. But you know how it goes in football, right? No one is really like that. There is too much pressure, too much disappointment. We are all human. No one is that cool all the time. It’s impossible. 

"Then I met N’Golo. 

"Everything I said to this guy, he would just look at me and nod his head, like he thought everything I said was really interesting. And he would do this thing … I don’t really know how to explain it on paper. You have to hear it. Every time I’m talking, he would go *click, click, click* with his mouth. 

"'Hey NG, do you want to go get some food?'

"'Click, click.'

"NG, when you press him…

"'Click, clock, click.'

"Man, I literally thought there was something wrong with him. One day, I finally asked him: 'NG, why do you talk like that? What’s going on with you, brother?'

"He said: 'Sorry?'

"I said: 'The clicks, bro! What’s wrong with you?'

"He was smiling. He said: 'Ahhh, it’s just my neighborhood.'

"See, in the banlieue where he grew up in Paris, they always make this sound. It’s like slang for 'yes'. I don’t know how it started,