Chelsea remain without N'Golo Kante in the wolves

Chelsea will face Wolves at home on Saturday (14/9) without their star midfielder N'Golo Kante.

However, coach Frank Lampard insisted that his team would be filled with Antonio Rudiger, who was ready for the Blues away from Molineux. However, unfortunately, Kante still must be absent because of an ankle injury.

Rudiger has also been sidelined since April with a knee injury. But before going to Wolves base this weekend, Lampard said the German defender was available to vote. In addition, Mateo Kovacic and Pedro can also play tonight.

Another best for Chelsea, we played two young players, Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi, for the team under 23 or the club's development team on Friday night. The match was a reference for both of them in fitness fitness before returning to the first team.

"N'Golo Kante is not fit, he still has ankle problems, the medical team still has to overcome it." He is in a transition period where we try to bring him to the field. "He's doing physical work, but this weekend's game schedule is still too fast for him," Frank Lampard said, reported by Standard Sport.

"I hope he will come back soon, I don't want to take the risk because he has entered the final phase, which allows him to start playing again, hopefully next week or after that," he added.

"Rudiger will have an important role to play." "I know how important he is to the club, with his personality, character and status as an international defender," said the 41-year-old Chelsea coach.

"We want him to play again soon, because we have lost a number of front-line players, which will certainly strengthen us and I am very happy to see him playing again with the team," he said.

"Leadership is important in a team, especially when everyone says how young our team is, I don't always play with the youth team, I also want to play against players who can lead our team and Rudiger will assume this responsibility can be very influential for the team, but also for young players like (Callum) Hudson-Odoi and Mason Mount, who have influence when you become a senior player, "Lampard said.

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