N'Golo Kante left English side Chelsea last summer to join Saudi club Al Ittihad and has not represented France since June 2022.

A dynamic and industrious midfielder, N'Golo Kante won the World Cup with France in 2018.

N'Golo Kante, 32, has a history of injuries and missed six months of Chelsea's Premier League season with a hamstring problem.

World Cup-winning French midfielder N'Golo Kante has reportedly signed a three-year deal with Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad.

After France's win over Morocco, Paul Pogba compared Antoine Griezmann with N'Golo Kante, following his reinvention as a ball-winning midfielder during the FIFA World Cup 2022.

Chelsea manager Graham Potter says N'Golo Kante's long-running injury problems will not affect any contract talks with the Premier League club

Olivier Giroud has again been left out of the France squad while N'Golo Kante is sidelined for next week's UEFA Nations League finals in Italy.

Chelsea defeated Premier League champions Manchester City 1-0 in the summit clash to win their second Champions League title.

Thomas Tuchel, who has taken 10 points out of 12 in the Premier League since he replaced Frank Lampard last month, said he was confident that Chelsea could manage N'Golo Kante's workload.

Chelsea in a statement revealed that N'Golo Kante was back to training with the main group.