Chelsea’s Reece James To Miss World Cup

Posted by African Examiner Latest Headlines, Sports News Wednesday, November 9th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea fullback Reece James will not be part of Gareth Southgate’s England team for the FIFA 2022 world cup due to injury concerns.

According to SkySports, after discussions with Gareth Southgate on Tuesday, it was decided the full-back has not recovered sufficiently from the knee injury he picked up against AC Milan last month.

The Three Lions coach will announce his 26-man team for the competition on Thursday at 2pm and will not risk including the Chelsea defender in his team.

Graham Potter, manager of Chelsea confirmed that Reece is making a steady recovery.

“I just think it’s how he responds (James’s availability for World Cup),” he explained.

“We don’t want to rush anything, I don’t want to put any timescales on it. That’s for him, doctors, and physios.”