{"id":1269746,"date":"2022-12-24T12:42:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T12:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/24\/ngolo-kante-and-loftus-cheek-injury-midfielders-chelsea-can-sign-in-january-to-solve-injury-woes\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T12:42:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T12:42:17","slug":"ngolo-kante-and-loftus-cheek-injury-midfielders-chelsea-can-sign-in-january-to-solve-injury-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/24\/ngolo-kante-and-loftus-cheek-injury-midfielders-chelsea-can-sign-in-january-to-solve-injury-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ngolo Kante and Loftus cheek injury: Midfielders Chelsea can sign in January to solve injury woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ngolo Kante will be out of action till February as the player hamstring injury has kept him out of action since his last game for Chelsea, a 2-2 draw against Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>The 31 year old was expected to be at the sidelines for some weeks before he returns to action.<\/p>\n<p>However, in October the player has to undergo a surgery that was to keep him until the end of February according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>However, Graham Potter has made it clear that the French man will be out until March, handing a blow to the Blues who sit at 4th place on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Loftus-Cheek also suffered an injury setback against Newcastle before the World Cup and has been undergoing treatment ahead of his return at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are clearly lacking players in the midfield and need to sign players in the January transfer window if they will have a chance of competing this term.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of both Ngolo Kante and Loftus-Cheek is a huge blow to Graham Potter and Chelsea fans, however they can be grateful that the January transfer window is upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three midfielders that can help Chelsea solve their midfield crisis this season.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Sofyan Amrabat<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/b3a2bf5cc9714e3bae17dfe61bc8f61a\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Moroccan was simply phenomenal at the Workd Cup, making a significant shift for the Atlas Lions and making history as the first African nation to qualify for the World Cup semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>The player brings in versatility and strength to his game. A worthy player that can fit into the blues squad.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Youssouf Fofana<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/149ecbcb57c34dcbb0e2ab5f4a1d2917\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One of the best midfielders at the World Cup if not the best defensive midfielder. The Monaco player was outstanding and could be a direct replacement for Ngolo Kante in Chelsea.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Enzo Fernandez<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/c9691002cc8a46329ddf40a7128fda90\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The young player of the World Cup tournament is hot in the market as EPL top teams are on his trail.<\/p>\n<p>A swoop to Chelsea from Benfica will be a huge plus for Graham Potter and Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: AdetimiObanla (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ngolo Kante will be out of action till February as the player hamstring injury has kept him out of action since his last game for Chelsea, a 2-2 draw against Tottenham. The 31 year old was expected to be at the sidelines for some weeks before he returns to action. However, in October the player [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1269747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269746","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=1269746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}