Once the news had filtered through of Reece James' knee injury, it did not take long for a recently had debate to arise again.
James' absence, which is projected to be at least eight weeks through ligament damage, hands Graham Potter one of his sternest challenges quite early into his reign. He is trying to replicate the defensive security and creative influence of arguably his most important player.
That in itself feels like an almost impossible task to achieve, even in the short term. Anyone who had watched all of Chelsea's games up until the moment James awkwardly landed at the San Siro last Tuesday would have listed the wing-back as one of the top performers so far.
