Chelsea manager Graham Potter confirmed that Reece James and N'Golo Kante will see specialists in the coming days which could determine their chances of going to the World Cup next month.
England right-back James limped off with a knee injury during the Blues 2-0 win against AC Milan in midweek with reports in the English media suggesting the 22-year-old faces a race against time to be fit for Qatar. "He's due to see a specialist over the weekend.
Until we get that information there is not too much more I can add unfortunately, the rest would just be speculation," said Potter on James, who had established himself as first-choice for Gareth Southgate at right wing-back for England. "Yesterday he felt not too bad, but until you get these things checked you never know.
We will wait and see. There's no point looking into the doomsday scenario yet, we need to check and then go forward." Kante has not featured since August and has suffered a setback in his return from a hamstring injury.