French world champion N'Golo Kanté, victim of a "
serious
" thigh injury, will be out for several weeks, his Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel announced on Friday, three months before the start of the 2022 World Cup. in Qatar.
"
For N'Golo, it's quite serious, we are talking about weeks (of absence), which is not good news
," Tuchel told reporters on Friday.
Kanté, pillar of the France team, was injured on Sunday in the draw against Tottenham in the Championship (2-2).
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