Chelsea are bracing themselves to fight off approaches from both Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain for midfield marathon man N’Golo Kante in January.

Italian publication Sportmediaset reports that the two European giants want to land the France World Cup winner and are preparing big offers.

It remains to be seen how much truth there is in the rumour while the Blues would be very reluctant to cash in on the 27-year-old star, who on Monday night was named in the FIFA FIFPRo World XI team.