N'Golo Kante made a surprise appearance at the wedding of Henna Khalid and Raheel Malik after he was invited by the bride's father, Frank Khalid.
The Chelsea midfielder said he was unable to attend when Frank originally asked him, due to commitments with Chelsea and the French national team.
But after picking up an injury that kept him out of Saturday's 2-2 draw with Sheffield United, Kante dropped his fan a message to confirm his attendance to the wedding.
Here’s an example of Ngolo Kante kindness to everyone yesterday. Made everyone happy & made my daughters wedding even more special. ? pic.twitter.com/DR9I9eroO6
— Frank Khalid (@FrankKhalidUK) September 2, 2019
“We became friends when I was introduced to him by a friend and he came to my restaurant,” Frank told The Sun of his relationship with the World Cup winner.
“I invited him and originally he couldn’t attend because of his commitment to the French national team, but because of his injury, he messaged me saying he was coming.
Problem with any weddings is you get a few London based @LFC fans & they try to convince your mate to join the dark side. Don’t worry fellow @ChelseaFC fans his 100% ours & loves Chelsea. #OnceABlueAlwaysABlue pic.twitter.com/QgPgwx6pIc
— Frank Khalid (@FrankKhalidUK) September 2, 2019
“My family and myself are very close to N'Golo and he was one of the first people to visit me when I had my triple bypass surgery operation in April 2018.
Introduced @nglkante to my mum and dad at my daughters wedding. Ngolo is such a diamond as he wanted to congratulate my daughter & son in law on the stage. Love him as a player but even more as a caring person who puts others before himself. Deserves all the success he gets. #CFC pic.twitter.com/GSG0nYe0EY
— Frank Khalid (@FrankKhalidUK) September 2, 2019
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“He stayed till the end and was so nice to everyone and signed autographs and took selfies with the guests.”
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