Frank Lampard provides injury update on Antonio Rudiger, N’Golo Kante, Andreas Christensen, others ahead of Burnley clash

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has confirmed the Blues will be without N’Golo Kante, Ross Barkley, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen for their trip to Burnley.

The Blues travel to Turf Moor on Saturday evening looking for a fourth successive victory in the Premier League and on the back of an impressive Champions League win over Ajax.

Lampard will have to make do without a number of first-team stars, however, after confirming on Friday that Kante and Barkley would miss Saturday’s fixture.

England midfielder Loftus-Cheek, German defender Rudiger and Denmark star Christensen have also failed to recover in time to feature for Chelsea.

Speaking to the media, Lampard said: ‘Loftus-Cheek is well out, Rudiger and N’Golo [are both] not ready for the weekend. ‘We need to get him [Kante] right now. Christensen and Barkley are both out as well.’

Asked how long he expects to be without French World Cup-winner Kante, Lampard responded: ‘I don’t know. I just want him fit.

‘He might be suffering from the big injury at the end of last season. There is no time-frame at the moment. ‘Rudiger had a bad injury, this is a fall-out of last season, that is the nature of it. We need to remember that, but he is close.’

Burnley host Chelsea sitting eighth in the Premier League, having only lost one of their last five league fixtures, report the Metro.

And Lampard added: ‘It’s a tough place to go. They have a strong way of playing, they are well drilled. They can give you big problems.

‘It is a tough match. You have to respect the teams you play, it will be a physical battle.

‘They have been good. I have watched a lot of their games. They are scoring goals. They had a tough time at the early stages of last season, they have always been a difficult game.’

On Burnley boss Sean Dyche, Lampard said: ‘What Sean has done is get a club into the Premier League and sustain their position.

‘It’s a very nice story. I know the hard work it takes to keep going and get good results. He’s doing very well.’