Three years after the coronation of the Blues in Russia and a song to his glory, N'Golo Kanté is still very popular.
The 30-year-old midfielder, titled in the Champions League with Chelsea last season, would even be the preferred choice of the French, interviewed in an Odoxa sports barometer made for Keneo and RTL, in the race for the Ballon d'Or.
Present in the list of 30 nominated for the trophy for the best player of the year, with Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappé, the former Caen player deserves more than his two partners in the France team, in the minds of football fans (61% versus 60 and 55% respectively).
They are confident for a third world title
More than three months after the disillusionment of the Euro and the elimination in the round of 16 against Switzerland, the popularity of the Blues is back, thanks to their recent victory in the League of Nations.
64% of French people (+ 12 points) and 87% of football fans (+ 16 points) have a good opinion of Didier Deschamps' men.
Respondents say they have also appreciated this new competition, judged "of a good level" and even "interesting" by a large majority of respondents.
A success which, in any case, gives a lot of hope to the supporters of the Blues one year before the World Cup in Qatar.
42% of French people and 56% of football fans see Paul Pogba's teammates winning a third star in 2022: this is respectively 18 and 19 points more than their predictions before the 2018 World Cup.