{"id":26607,"date":"2024-12-20T13:49:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=26607"},"modified":"2024-12-20T13:49:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:49:17","slug":"chelsea-injury-update-reece-james-returns-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/chelsea-injury-update-reece-james-returns-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Reece James Returns To Chelsea Training After Latest Injury Setback Reveals Enzo Maresca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chelsea have received a massive boost as Enzo Maresca provided an update on Reece James following his hamstring injury.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Injury News: Reece James Returns To Training<\/h2>\n<p>Reece James missed the start of the season with a hamstring injury, making his first appearance against Liverpool on October 20.<\/p>\n<p>He only made four appearances though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/reece-james-injury-update-chelsea\/\">before he picked up another hamstring injury.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/reece-james-update-chelsea-injury-setback\/\">Addressing his injury, James wrote on Instagram<\/a>: &#8220;<em>I\u2019m doing okay, been better and also been worse. Another challenge ahead accepted. Eventually I\u2019ll come out on top. Against all odds.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>James has not appeared since November 10 against Arsenal. But ahead of Chelsea&#8217;s trip to Everton on Sunday, Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca gave an update which confirmed the England international has returned to training from injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35 Reece James, back in partial team training. Excellent news for Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReece will finally start with us for part of the session. Slowly, he\u2019ll be back\u201d, says Maresca.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll now build his condition and then he will be ready to play, doesn\u2019t mean it will be this Sunday\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eg2MvjCpz3\">pic.twitter.com\/eg2MvjCpz3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1870092087594758387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Reece will finally start with us for part of the session. Slowly, he\u2019ll be back\u201d<\/em> said Maresca.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019ll now build his condition and then he will be ready to play, doesn\u2019t mean it will be this Sunday\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Though it looks unlikely James will feature on Sunday<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/everton-vs-chelsea-preview-prediction-team-news-and-predicted-lineups\/\"> it provides a huge boost for Chelsea and their title challenge.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Injury History<\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea will be hoping to have a fully fit Reece James once he returns to the pitch for the rest of the season after Enzo Maresca&#8217;s injury update.<\/p>\n<p>As per\u00a0<em>TransferMarkt<\/em>, Reece James\u2019 injury list displays 19 different occasions whereby the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/illia-zabarnyi-transfer-news-chelsea-tottenham\/\">Chelsea<\/a>\u00a0captain has been out of action.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old made just 11 appearances in all competitions last season and has played just four times this term.<\/p>\n<p>Reece James is one of the unluckiest players in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/football\/\">football<\/a> when it comes to injuries.\u00a0He has missed 133 games in all competitions over the last six seasons with injury.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/tables\"> are just two points off leaders Liverpool<\/a> &#8211; who have a game in hand &#8211; going into this weekend&#8217;s fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>If results this weekend go their way, Chelsea could be top of the table on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have received a massive boost as Enzo Maresca provided an update on Reece James following his hamstring injury.\u00a0 Chelsea Injury News: Reece James Returns To Training Reece James missed the start of the season with a hamstring injury, making his first appearance against Liverpool on October 20. 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