Chelsea considers Kante's poor injury record in next contract -Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel believes that

should consider

's poor injury record in order to extend his contract.

After joining Chelsea in 2016, Kante has played an important role in the team's success and has established himself as one of the best midfielders in the world. The French star played 34 games for this team in the first three seasons of his presence, but in the next three seasons, he could not play more than 24 games and recently he suffered a serious injury and will be away from the field for some time. Now the German head coach asked the club to consider the issue of injuries when renewing Kante's contract.

Tuchel told reporters:

"You have to consider everything that is on the table and on the table is his potential, on the table is his influence, and his quality.

"But also on the table, of course, is his age, his salary and his injury rate. From there you build a whole picture and try to find a solution."

Asked if Chelsea consider themselves as title contender, Tuchel said: 

"This is a key question.

"We try to but it's much more difficult because you see the impact he has, you see the impact in the goals that we concede, the amount of goals we score, the amount of points that we have, the amount of goals he makes.

"He makes players simply better around him. He gives something that is very unique and don't forget, he also installs confidence that you cannot measure. That's why he is a key player. 

"But for the key players, it is super important to be on the pitch and to have that impact and be in the rhythm.

"You can count the matches that he is missing, but what about the first two, three or four matches where he needs to re-find rhythm? Nobody is counting these matches, so maybe in real life it is even more than just the matches he is missing.

"He comes back for the first match from the bench and maybe a second from the bench, and then the third one still struggling with confidence and rhythm. 

"This is basically the story and, yes, we have huge hopes we can turn things around, but this was a bad start."

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