Didier Deschamps believes France are benefitting from N'Golo Kante's new role at Chelsea.

The midfielder has played in a more advanced position of a midfield three this season under Maurizio Sarri.

And Deschamps is happy with Kane expanding his versatility.

"He can also play deeper where he is very useful and very powerful,"he said.

"With what his coach asks him, and his system, he is brought to play very high.

"He has more freedom. He is very comfortable with the ball, so it doesn't cause him any problems. He's always having fun.

"Kante also takes it by playing deeper, but he is now in the offensive part, but he still has the quality of cutting out passes and recovering balls.

"He is a little more involved in attacks, in the last third or the penultimate pass. This is less frequent when he's playing in front of the defence."