After a good start to the season with his club Al-Ittihad, N’Golo Kanté will return to the infirmary due to a muscle injury.
Exiled in Saudi Arabia since his departure from Chelsea for Al-Ittihad in the summer of 2023, N’Golo Kanté seemed at the same time to have regained his health. Regularly injured in recent seasons when he was still playing for the Blues, the French international finally seemed free of his repetitive physical problems. Unfortunately for him, the relapse was announced by his club. Kanté reportedly suffers from a muscular problem.
And as a result, the former Caen player should miss at least three weeks of competition, according to information confirmed by Al-Ittihad on social networks. This will therefore be the fourth injury absence of the year 2023 for N’Golo Kanté. Affected by a hamstring last August, he missed many months at Chelsea and made his return after 189 days of absence, on February 20, 2023.
Succession of injuries
But again for the 2018 world champion who was ultimately unable to resume and who remained on the sidelines for twenty more days, until March 12. Returning to competition, he would then suffer a groin injury on May 12, 2023, with 17 more days in the infirmary.
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Now aged thirty-two, N’Golo Kanté has started almost all of the matches played since the start of the season by Al-Ittihad, with four assists and a goal. He could play again before the end of the calendar year. If his body wants it.
