Reece James was not involved in Chelsea’s team because of the Premier League conflict with Leicester City due to illness.
The twenty -five -year -old endured another injury campaign, playing just over 600 minutes of the Premier League football during ten performances.
Encouraging, James went through Win on Thursday 2-1 over Copenhagen In the conference league, he is intact, playing a full 90 minutes in an unknown central role in the middle.
However, when the Chelsea team was published for Sunday’s conflict with Leicester, James’ name was nowhere seen in the starting line or on a nine wetland bench to replace. The good news is that James did not suffer the failure of injuries, but on Saturday reported the club medical department that he had a heat and felt under the weather.
His absence coincides with a return to the Wesley Fofan fold, who, like James, struggled with injury catalog during his time at Stamford Bridge. The Frenchman is listed as Chelsea’s initial right back, reinforcing himself The place of the injured slightly densely.
Changing the role looks likely for James in the future, after Maresca said positively about the use of her skills in the middle of the field and not on the right back.
“At this point, we use it as a midfielder and he’s going very well,” the Italian said after shipping Copenhagen. “When I signed with Chelsea, probably a day after that, I sent him a video about the video about seeing him as a midfielder.
“When you look at the player, sometimes you need to use your imagination and imagine a player to do something. I always imagined him acting like a midfielder. Chelsea to Wigan [in 2018/19] where as a midfielder he scored a fantastic goal of 25 or 30 meters. “
Maresca also decided to keep Robert Sanchez in the goal, rotating the Spaniard back to the side in front of Philip Jorgensen, who started A recent 4-0 victory through Premier leagueThe Southampton Lower Club.
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