In a disappointing turn of events regarding Chelsea’s captain, Reece James, who has just suffered another injury setback after pulling his hamstring during the team’s training.
This injury development was confirmed in a statement by Chelsea’s coach, Enzo Maresca.
Enzo said, “We have just one injured player, and that’s Reece, who unfortunately felt something small in training two days ago, and we don’t want to take a risk for the weekend.
“It’s a hamstring, muscular problem. We will see; we don’t know for how long, for sure [we want him fit for longer]. At the moment it is not happening, but we hope it will happen soon.
“He is out this weekend, but hopefully he can be back soon. It’s probably difficult that he can be available for the Conference League [next Thursday], but hopefully soon.”
Recce James just returned to football action last month, having had to miss much of last season due to the same hamstring injury, for which he had surgery and needed a long recovery time.
Maresca toned down fears of a long-term layoff but revealed James will miss Saturday’s game against Leicester.
Cole Palmer, Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana, Malo Gusto, and Romeo Lavia are all available despite withdrawing from international duty last week.
However, there is caution around Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez, with Maresca stating that his starting lineup will be “not at 100%,” with players returning from international duty in South America completing only one training session on Friday before the match.
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