Chelsea confirm James is injured again, missing the fight with Leicester
- Reece James has suffered his ninth hamstring injury in the past five years.
- The player has only recently recovered from a serious injury and has returned to the pitch to help the team in the past few months.
- Chelsea are scheduled to visit Leicester this Saturday night.
Chelsea will be without their captain Reece James again. After picking up an injury in training ahead of this weekend’s Premier League clash.
The 24-year-old full-back only returned to action in October and made four appearances. Before suffering a hamstring injury in training ahead of this weekend’s trip to Leicester.
“We have one injury problem and that is Reese. He has a hamstring injury and we certainly don’t want to take any risks this weekend. He is one of the players who will be out for sure. It is a muscular problem, hopefully it is not more serious than we thought.”
“It’s not easy for him, I know that, but every time you have an injury, it’s something that no one likes. He has to accept it and try to avoid it as much as possible. But sometimes it happens,” Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said.
James has been in the ยูฟ่าเบท https://ufabet999.app club’s first-team since 2021 and has impressed enough to be given the captain’s armband. However, a series of injuries have limited him to a number of games, with him playing just 482 minutes last season.