France’s World Cup-winning midfielder N’Golo Kante is due to return to training with Chelsea after almost a month on the sidelines, said Chelsea manager Frank Lampard.
The manager is counting on the 28-year-old’s return to ease the workload being shared by Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic, who both played the full 90 minutes in the 2-1 League Cup fourth-round defeat by Manchester United on Wednesday.
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Defeat ended Chelsea’s seven-match winning streak and Lampard suggested that the setback was due to a shortage of midfield options.
“He (Kante) is hopefully