Chelsea have been dealt a significant harm blow after Liam Rosenior confirmed Reece James suffered a hamstring harm in final weekend’s conflict towards Newcastle United.
James, who just lately signed a six-year contract extension, has largely stayed injury-free this season after being fastidiously managed by Chelsea following a number of disrupted campaigns.
Nevertheless, the England worldwide now seems to have suffered what appears to be like like his tenth hamstring setback since December 2020.
He was absent from an open coaching session on Monday involving the remainder of the Blues squad forward of their UEFA Champions League last-16 second-leg encounter with Paris Saint-Germain.
His absence arrived solely two days after the 26-year-old accomplished the complete 90 minutes in the course of the membership’s 1-0 defeat to Newcastle on Saturday.
No exact restoration timeline has been confirmed, however Rosenior suggests it might take some time earlier than he returns to the sphere.
Because of this, the right-back may be unavailable for England’s upcoming worldwide fixtures later this month, with Thomas Tuchel set to disclose his squad on Friday.
Talking in his pre-PSG press convention, Chelsea boss Rosenior stated:
‘He felt one thing in his hamstring on the finish of the sport towards Newcastle. It’s actually irritating and a disappointing one for us. We don’t know the complete extent for us, nevertheless it guidelines him out for tomorrow.’
Blow
When requested if it could possibly be a severe harm, Rosenior added:
‘It could possibly be [weeks]. With a hamstring harm, it’s by no means nice. And for Reece, hopefully, we are able to simply get him scanned, we are able to discover out the complete extent, after which we all know extra.
‘As a result of clearly we all know what an vital participant he’s, what an vital chief he’s within the group. He’s our captain.’
James has now suffered 10 separate hamstring accidents since 2020, with the right-back having already missed 136 matches throughout his skilled profession due to varied health and harm issues.
Chelsea and the participant have spent the previous few seasons fastidiously managing his minutes to restrict bodily pressure. Earlier than this newest difficulty, he had been unavailable for less than 5 fixtures in the course of the 2025–26 marketing campaign.
Elsewhere, the Blues are additionally coping with absences involving Jamie Gittens, Filip Jorgensen, and Levi Colwill. In the meantime, fellow right-back Malo Gusto missed the session resulting from sickness, leaving uncertainty over whether or not he will probably be slot in time for Tuesday’s encounter with Paris Saint-Germain.
There was some constructive information, nevertheless, as Brazilian attacker Estevao Willian returned to coaching and could possibly be in rivalry.
