In Reece James, we are talking about a very talented footballer who over the past four seasons has only been available 50% of the time, if you look at his minutes in the Premier League. There's an understanding now that James' minutes need to be managed, due to the injury setbacks that he's had. Chelsea will be hopeful that he can get back to full fitness, but I think it's a case here where they need to be realistic about how many games he can play for them throughout the rest of his career.
James has suffered from wretched injury problems over the last couple of years, with hamstring, knee and muscle problems meaning he's played just 26 Premier League games in the last two seasons combined as many as he played in the 2021/22 campaign alone. In fact, according to Transfermarkt, the 24-year-old has missed 122 games and counting through injury across his Chelsea career to date.
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