{"id":1228528,"date":"2022-10-19T11:25:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T11:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/19\/kante-to-miss-2022-world-cup-following-operation-on-hamstring\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T11:25:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T11:25:17","slug":"kante-to-miss-2022-world-cup-following-operation-on-hamstring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/19\/kante-to-miss-2022-world-cup-following-operation-on-hamstring\/","title":{"rendered":"Kante to miss 2022 World Cup following operation on hamstring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/r1050274_1296x729_16-9-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Kante\" title=\"Kante\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kante <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>France and Chelsea midfielder N\u2019Golo Kante has been ruled out of the World Cup in Qatar after having an operation on a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>Kante, 31, suffered the injury during Chelsea\u2019s 2-2 home draw with Tottenham on 14 August.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the club said that the procedure was a success but Kante is expected to be sidelined for four months.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>It added that the decision to operate to repair the damage was \u201cmutual\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe midfielder visited a specialist with the club\u2019s medical department to explore the options for his rehabilitation approach,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blues boss Graham Potter said before his side played Aston Villa last weekend that Kante had faced a setback in his bid to regain fitness.<\/p>\n<p>Kante, who won the World Cup with France in 2018, joins a growing list of Premier League players who have suffered serious injuries in the build-up to the showpiece tournament which starts in November.<\/p>\n<p>His Chelsea team-mate Reece James is a major doubt for England after picking up a knee injury against AC Milan in the Champion League this month.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Liverpool forward Diogo Jota\u2019s hopes of representing Portugal were ended after Jurgen Klopp confirmed the 25-year-old will face a \u201clong time\u201d out because of a calf injury.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"hnlYYWqIwc4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Agreement - Paul &amp; Silas Week 30 Episode 4\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hnlYYWqIwc4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kante France and Chelsea midfielder N\u2019Golo Kante has been ruled out of the World Cup in Qatar after having an operation on a hamstring injury. Kante, 31, suffered the injury during Chelsea\u2019s 2-2 home draw with Tottenham on 14 August. In a statement, the club said that the procedure was a success but Kante is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1228530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[262,22797,12759,4124,784],"class_list":["post-1228528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cup","tag-hamstring","tag-kante","tag-operation","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1228528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1228528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}