Reece James suffered one other hamstring damage just lately.
The 24-year-old full-back pulled up throughout final weekend’s 2-0 defeat in opposition to Everton.
Battling the reoccurring damage, James’ newest setback will see him out of motion for at the very least two months, and with Chelsea enduring one other powerful marketing campaign, their captain’s absence is way from perfect.
And though the defender won’t return till the tip of the season, there’s nonetheless a call to be revamped whether or not or to not function on his leg.
Talking about the opportunity of Chelsea’s quantity 24 having surgical procedure, main switch journalist and CaughtOffside columnist Fabrizio Romano revealed how the membership and participant will make their choice early subsequent week.
“A closing choice on whether or not or not the full-back will bear surgical procedure shall be made inside the subsequent few days — that’s the plan internally,” he wrote in his unique SubStack column.
“Make no mistake although, for positive Chelsea are apprehensive. They need James to be in the very best situation to carry out on the highest ranges — the participant desires the identical, however this isn’t the case for the time being.”
Occurring to elucidate how the London membership hope to eradicate the issue as soon as and for all, Romano confirmed the membership are speaking to main medical specialists.
“Chelsea are in talks with medical specialists about the best way to assist and stop this subject from turning into a good greater drawback,” he added.
“All people hopes James can come again even stronger.”
The Blues had been dealt a second damage blow whereas in motion in opposition to Everton. Marc Cucurella injured his ankle and can also be anticipated to overlook as much as three months’ value of motion.
