{"id":19948,"date":"2024-11-21T13:05:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T13:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=19948"},"modified":"2024-11-21T13:05:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T13:05:36","slug":"reece-james-injury-news-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/reece-james-injury-news-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Enzo Maresca Confirms Reece James Has Suffered A Fresh Injury Blow Ahead Of Leicester Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The latest Reece James injury news has confirmed that the Chelsea captain will miss Saturday&#8217;s lunch time clash with Leicester City.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blues boss Enzo Maresca was speaking to the media on the eve of their match with the Foxes when he announced that James has picked up a minor hamstring problem.<\/p>\n<p>Maresca returns to the King Power Stadium for the first time after winning the EFL Championship title their last season. Here, we have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/leicester-chelsea-preview-prediction-team-news-predicted-lineups\/\">match preview<\/a>, prediction, team news and predicted lineups.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian has enjoyed a solid start to life at Stamford Bridge since taking over from Mauricio Pochettino in the summer. The Blues are currently third in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/premier-league-barclays-era-deep-dive\/\">Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, James will not be part of the squad who heads north on Saturday morning. Maresca explained that they will not be taking any risks with the right-back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We have just one injured player, that is Reece. Unfortunately he felt something small and we don&#8217;t want to take any risks for the weekend<\/em>,&#8221; Maresca said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNUK\/status\/1859575608587559030\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNUK\/status\/1859575608587559030<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Reece James Injury History<\/h2>\n<p>According to <em>TransferMarkt<\/em>, the Reece James injury list displays 19 different occasions whereby the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/illia-zabarnyi-transfer-news-chelsea-tottenham\/\">Chelsea<\/a> captain has been crocked for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Including his latest hamstring problem, the right-back has seeked medical attention a whopping 20 times since the start of the 2019\/20 season.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, you&#8217;ll be very hard pushed to find a player who has endured such bad luck with injuries. 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