Hamstring surgery at Chelsea… ‘4 months’ out
France national football team midfielder N’Golo Kante (31) has failed to compete in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar due to an injury.
On the 19th (Korean time), Kante’s club, Chelsea, the English professional football club, announced on their website that Kante had undergone hamstring surgery due to an injury.
Chelsea said, “After Kante and the club’s medical team visited a specialist and discussed ways to recover from the injury, an agreement was reached in the direction of surgery.
The departure of Kante, who has played 242 official matches (12 goals) for Chelsea since 2016, is expected to put a heavy burden on Chelsea.
Even at the age of 30, Kante has been energizing Chelsea’s midfield with his vigorous activity.
The French national team suffered a bad news by losing a key midfielder with only one month left before the Qatar World Cup.
Although there are many young and talented midfielders such as Aurelian Chuameni and Yusuf Popana, Kante’s experience, which played a key role in winning the 2018 World Cup in Russia, is an irreplaceable asset.
This was effectively his last World Cup stage in Qatar, as Kante will turn 35 in 2026, when the World Cup will be held in North and Central America.
/yunhap news