Frank Lampard has hit out at France head coach Didier Deschamps for not allowing N'Golo Kante to return to Chelsea after the midfielder picked up a groin issue.
The 28-year-old suffered the injury while warming up for France's Euro 2020 qualifier with Iceland but stayed with the France squad for the rest of the international break.
Lampard revealed in his Friday press conference that Kante will now miss Saturday's Premier League encounter with Newcastle, something that has left the Chelsea manager frustrated by the whole ordeal.
'It's not a laughing matter, communication could have been better,' Lampard told reporters.
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Didier Deschamps has taken aim at Lampard for not giving game time to Olivier Geroud
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You simply can’t hate N’Golo Kante. 😂😂
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The way Kane is getting injured, I think he is having too much sex like Kelvin Prince boateng did
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On Kante from last month..... .... has suffered more injuries (7) + lost more days (137) in the last five months than he has done since turning professional. Make that eight now.... Kante needs to be afforded the time to recover properly.
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Team coaches who are angry at country coaches for getting their start players 1. Lampard ( kante 2. tuchel ( Neymar 3. Zidane ( Modric , bale