Chelsea have been sent a message regarding Reece James' injury against Bournemouth. The 23-year-old started the match at Stamford Bridge, his first competitive outing since October, but had to be taken off with injury on the hour mark.
James missed the final four weeks of the pre-World Cup season with injury after damaging his knee against AC Milan and played no part in Qatar after being left out of the England squad. Instead, he focused on recovering in time to return to action when the Premier League was back.
That was exactly what happened as he took his familiar place at right-back. Until he was forced to go off James showed just why Chelsea hadn't lost under Potter with him playing, offering balance, speed and tempo to the play. After Cesar Azpilicueta came on most of that went and the Blues saw out a 2-0 win.
