Kante’s muscle ailment will keep him out for weeks. Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante will be out for a few weeks after suffering a hamstring injury against Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, according to manager Thomas Tuchel.
Tuchel was not optimistic about Kante’s availability in the coming days after he went down with the problem in the 2-2 draw with Spurs.
“We’re talking weeks here, which isn’t good. We’re disappointed and sad because N’Golo was in great shape “Tuchel stated this ahead of Sunday’s match against Leeds United.
Tuchel also stated that striker Armando Broja and midfielder Mateo Kovacic would be out with injuries against Leeds.
Chelsea completed the signing of Inter Milan midfielder Cesare Casadei on a six-year contract earlier this week. According to British media, they paid an initial 12.6 million pounds ($14.91 million) for the 19-year-old on Friday.
They have been linked with moves for Wesley Fofana of Leicester City and Frenkie de Jong and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Barcelona.
“There are always possibilities as long as the transfer window is open.” Tuchel said, “The focus is on what we have, not what we could have.” Before addressing potential departures before the window closes on September 1.
We won’t talk negatively about our players, and we won’t tell our players to start playing straight away, according to Tuchel.
In order to compete. “We had a few training sessions with 18 guys; with one game a week. This isn’t an issue… but going ahead, we’ll need a lot more quality players.” Kante’s muscle ailment will keep him out for weeks. The expressed, “We won’t remark on our players and we will not urge our players to go out right now. He With only one game each week, “we had a couple of training sessions with 18 guys. Which is not an issue… but if you look what is coming, we’ll need a lot of quality players to be competitive.”
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