Thomas Tuchel has harassed that N’Golo Kante stays a ‘key’ participant for Chelsea and has urged the membership to discover a answer to the midfielder’s damage issues.
The World Cup winner has began simply 20 video games within the Premier League this time period and appeared off the tempo within the 1-1 draw with Leicester Metropolis at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night.
Kante has been linked with a shock transfer to Manchester United this summer, with Erik ten Hag eager on strengthening his choices in central midfield forward of subsequent season.
However Tuchel believes Kante’s significance to Chelsea is equal to Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk at Liverpool however admits the 31-year-old’s damage points this season have been a ‘concern’.
‘I feel he's our key, key participant however key gamers should be on the pitch,’ Tuchel mentioned on Thursday night.
‘He performs solely 40 per cent of the video games and it’s perhaps a miracle we arrive in third place as a result of he's our Mo Salah, he's our Van Dijk, he's our De Bruyne. He's merely that participant, he's our Neymar, our Kylian Mbappe.
‘He's the man who makes the distinction, when you solely have him 40 per cent it’s an enormous drawback.
‘Provided that share it’s a miracle of how constant we produce outcomes and places every thing in to perspective. I noticed Liverpool final season with Van Dijk they usually struggled closely. You see the distinction, N’Golo is our key participant and he must be on the pitch.’
Requested if Chelsea can clear up Kante’s bodily points, Tuchel replied: ‘It’s onerous to dwell with as a result of it’s vital for him to be there and to have the rhythm.
‘I feel he performed okay however he can play so significantly better however when was his final sport that he began? It was weeks in the past. So he continually begins getting rhythm and as soon as he has rhythm he will get a bit damage and he’s out once more.
‘Final yr within the final 5 video games of the Champions League they handed him the [man of the match] trophy even earlier than the match, it was so clear when he performed. This man who will get man of the match in each Champions League sport is just right here for 40-something per cent of video games, that is large for us.
‘We’ll do every thing to unravel it. I don’t blame him nevertheless it’s a priority.
‘We miss him rather a lot as a result of he brings one thing that's distinctive in world soccer, he has that means to raise everyone up and make the distinction and that is the problem for him and for us.’
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