FIFA World Cup 2022: 5 Big names who will miss the FIFA World Cup featuring N'Golo Kante

FIFA World Cup 2022: 5 Big names who will miss the FIFA World Cup

Paul Pogba: A knee injury in pre-season kept Pogba out of action for Juventus all season, and while it was thought he could recover in time for the World Cup, he suffered a thigh injury during his recovery, ruling him out of the World Cup. It's a brutal blow to France, who will be missing both their starting midfielders in Qatar.

N'Golo Kante: The Chelsea midfielder has been injury prone his whole career, and succumbed to a hamstring issue early in the Premier League season. He's been out since mid-August and was ruled out of the World Cup a number of weeks before the tournament.

Timo Werner: It's heartbreak for Timo Werner, who was recovering his form after moving to RB Leipzig this past summer. He limped off in the 19th minute of Leipzig's Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk on November 2 and is out for the World Cup with a foot injury.

Ben Chilwell's World Cup dream is already over before it even started after Chelsea confirmed last Sunday afternoon that the England defender had sustained a 'significant' hamstring injury during Chelsea's 2-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb.

Diogo Jota: The Liverpool forward returned from a hamstring injury in early October and looked bright, but cruelly suffered a calf injury just weeks later and will be out for the World Cup, thinning the strike options for Portugal behind Cristiano Ronaldo.