N’Golo Kanté has tested positive for covid-19, what will all this affect?

Chelsea’s star midfielder, N’Golo Kanté, tested positive for covid-19 and has been placed in home quarantine. He will miss the Champions League and also the Premier League. But his invitation to the France national team meeting may also be in jeopardy.

Kanté will miss Wednesday’s trip to Turin, where Chelsea will take on struggling Juventus in the Champions League. Furthermore, the player will also miss the weekend’s league game against Southampton. Whether he will be called up for France’s national team meeting is also unknown.

Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel confirmed at a press conference that Kanté had tested positive for coronavirus and is now in quarantine at home, having had to miss Tuesday’s training session ahead of the Champions League game.

Furthermore, the German coach confirmed that Christian Pulisic, Mason Mount and Reece James will not start against Juventus. This trio will not start due to injury.

Juventus, who will face Chelsea in the Champions League, are not in the best of form. They have been underachieving since Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure to Manchester United. Moreover, they will also have to do without their big mainstays in such an important match. Paulo Dybala and Álvaro Morata will miss the game.

It’s an uncomfortable time for Kanté, as the France national team has an important match in the Nations League. They will face Belgium in the semi-finals and the match will be played on October 7.

The quarantine in England after a positive test for coronavirus lasts 10 days. If we take into account that Kanté took his test immediately after the last league game, his quarantine should end before the France game is played.

However, even the player himself cannot know now how long it will take before he is able to start at full strength again.

Source: Skysports