Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante has reportedly suffered a knee injury ahead of Wednesday's Europa League final with Arsenal.

Kante missed the closing games of the Premier League campaign with a calf problem, but the France international had returned to training ahead of the showdown with the Gunners in Baku.

However, according to The Mirror, Kante is now likely to miss the showpiece, having sustained an issue with his knee on Saturday.

The report suggests that Kante still needs to be assessed in the coming days, but it appears that Maurizio Sarri will be left with just three fit central midfielders.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has already been ruled out after Achilles surgery, meaning that Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and Ross Barkley are expected to start against Chelsea's London rivals.

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Darren Plant