”The player who stopped Messi” still drives an old car even though he earns 8.5 billion/week

N’Golo Kanté is an excellent midfielder with the French team that won the 2018 World Cup, with an anecdote of once stopping Messi, leaving this player in a deadlock. Unfortunately, due to injury, this player was unable to attend this year’s World Cup.

Besides, N’Golo Kanté is also known as a player with a frugal and simple lifestyle worth learning even though his weekly salary has reached billions.

Earning nearly 9 billion/week but still driving an old car

According to The Sun in 2020, N’Golo Kanté earns 290,000 pounds/week (about 8.5 billion VND), and can completely enjoy his wealth by spending on luxury goods or cars. grant. However, this male player still drives the Mini Cooper he bought 5 years ago and has no intention of upgrading to a better car.

“I have never been a car enthusiast. And when I was young like now, I had no ambition for a car or anything expensive.”

In fact, after the player was involved in a collision with it on his way to Stamford Bridge before Chelsea’s match with Arsenal in January 2018, Kante drove it to training two days later – with the rearview mirror held together with fabric tape and the front wheel arch still scratched.

In addition, this player is also known as someone who always strives to make money and increase his income. “When I was in the Boulogne team, I knew that I was not a professional player yet. Therefore, I went to school so I could find a more suitable job in case I couldn’t live off of football. At the age of 18, I graduated from high school and 2 years later received a degree in accounting”, N’Golo Kanté shared.

But when he was called up to the first team and moved to the French second division, N’Golo Kanté decided to stop studying because he could now make money from football. Trying hard to make money and always taking that as his goal, this player is also known as someone who always pays taxes in full. Kante just wants to receive a salary like normal people.

Besides, the male player is also known as someone who always does charity work and has an extremely simple lifestyle. Striker Jamie Vardy said that when he first moved to Leicester City, N’Golo Kanté wanted to jog from home to the training field.

Increased income does not mean that expenses must also increase

Saving money can be a challenge. Living below your means can be even more difficult. Living below your means, simply put, is living below your means, you should not spend more than you earn. So if you spend less than or equal to the amount you earn each month from work and other sources of income, you are below your means.

For example, if you earn 20 million/month, you can only spend that amount or less. Living below your means sounds easy, but in reality, it’s very difficult. Many people have difficulty controlling their own spending, besides, when they were children they were not taught about personal finance. Therefore, they often form unhealthy spending habits.

On the other hand, there are many people who, when their income increases, tend to spend more because they think they deserve it. There’s nothing wrong with that. However, let’s learn from N’Golo Kanté in the story of clearly distinguishing between your needs and desires. Don’t because others have designer bags and luxury cars and think that this is what you also need to achieve.

People don’t track their spending carefully and don’t budget, so they often overspend each month. It’s hard not to buy things that you see others might buy because people like to shop according to those around them. Therefore, be careful and learn to live below your means from now on.