Energetic, ferocious, and always smiling - N'Golo Kante is adored by fans.
The French midfielder is widely regarded as one of the best in the world, and Chelsea would certainly agree.
However, the Blues have discovered an issue with Kante recently - his injury record.
Perhaps not a player you'd associate with regular injury issues, Kante is seemingly always out. In fact, since the start of the 2019/20, he's had 12 separate injuries. Now, he's missed 34 games during that time, and he's sorely missed.
His performances in the latter stages of the Champions League were simply fantastic, but while his consistency of form can't be doubted, his consistency of playing 90 minutes certainly can.
His style of play perhaps leads to a risk of injury but, in recent times, he's become far more prone to an injury than in his early Chelsea career.
In fact, before 2019/20, he missed just seven Chelsea games through injury, and he sat out just one at Leicester. His body isn't coping well with age, and his time on the pitch is reducing little by little.
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