Chelsea take on Arsenal in the Europa League final tonight but they might have to do it without N'Golo Kante.
The Blues midfielder had missed the last few games of the season with a hamstring injury, in which he had now recovered from.
However, the 28-year-picked up a fresh knock on his knee, something that Maurizio Sarri was hoping to have him back from
"Kante had a little problem on Saturday" Sarri said. "A very little problem within his knee. The problem is the timing because we had only four days. We are trying. We are trying.
"It's not really a very serious injury. We have the problem of the three or four days to try and recover him. At the moment we don't know. We will try. We will try to the last moment, so we will try tomorrow. But we don't know at the moment.
"I think it's 50-50 at the moment. 50-50. Yesterday, 60-40 for 'no'. Today 50-50. He was a little bit better this morning. But 50-50."
However, it Kante managed only 25 minutes in the training session at the Baku Olympic Stadium ahead of the match, which means that he is a massive doubt for tomorrow.
It looks set to be a midfield of Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and Ross Barkley to be in the heart of the game.
Willian could well be on the right of the front three, while Olivier Giroud should be trusted to continue his Europa League form against his old side
Tomorrow night is likely to be Eden Hazard's final match as a Chelsea player, and he will be hoping to go out in some style.
Predicted Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Christensen, Emerson, Jorginho, Kovacic, Barkley, Willian, Hazard, Giroud.
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