N'Golo Kante is set to miss Chelsea's Champions League showdown with Juventus on Wednesday night through illness.
The diminutive midfielder has been a mainstay in the side when fit and remains an important player under Thomas Tuchel but the manager will have to do without him.
Having shaken off a groin problem, the World Cup winner has been trying to reach his best form again but illness will delay those ambitions, according to Goal.
That injury kept him out of the first three games of the season but he was gathering full match sharpness and scored in the 3-0 win over Tottenham.