Chelsea’s manager, Enzo Maresca has disclosed that the club’s captain Reece James has suffered another hamstring during training.
Maresca is confident the player will not be off for long, but revealed Reece James will miss the upcoming match at Leicester on Saturday.
“We have for sure just one injured player and that’s Reece [James] 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,” Maresca stated.
Cole Palmer, Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana, Malo Gusto and Romeo Lavia are all available to make appearances for the team despite pulling out of international duty last week.
Enzo Maresca however says his squad will not be “not be at 100%”, with those travelling from international duty in South America completing just one training session on Friday before the match.
Reece James, 24 missed most of last season’s games after undergoing a hamstring surgery, targeted at aiming him overcome a series of injuries, returning to action last month.
