Graham Potter has revealed that Reece James will see a specialist this weekend after picking up a knee injury against in Chelsea's win over AC Milan. football.london understands that the England international's World Cup hopes could also be in doubt.
James suffered the issue in an innocuous challenge with Theo Hernandez and initially looked to continue before quickly being replaced by Cesar Azpilicueta.
The outlook over the defender was initially positive as James was pictured spending additional time in Italy following the Champions League clash without the use of crutches but scans on Thursday have shown the issue to be worse than hoped. A decision on surgery has yet to be made.
