The announcement is not yet official, but according to our colleagues from The Team and RMC, N’Golo Kanté should indeed be forfeited for the World Cup in Qatar, after relapsing last week from his hamstring injury during training with the Blues. “This is not good news,” Chelsea coach Graham Potter announced on Friday about the French midfielder.
The player has not appeared on the pitch since August 14, during a Premier League derby against Tottenham, and has played in all and for only two games this season for a total of 175 effective minutes. Suffice to say that even without this relapse, there was no chance of seeing a Kanté at 100% of his abilities in Qatar within a month.
Deschamps does not speak
always according to The Team, the former Caennais passed a new exam Friday morning in London after which he had to resign himself to drawing a line under the World Cup (November 21-December 18). Present in Nice on Friday as part of a visit to the Sports Museum, Didier Deschamps did not want to comment on the state of health of his injured players like Paul Pogba and therefore N’Golo Kanté.
“I have news,” he said. Everything in its time. Some players have issues and injuries. Hopefully everything will go in the right direction. There is still time to be more certain. For some, it would seem that the dice have already been cast.