The non-playing captain is usually a role reserved for late-career stalwarts and the Ryder Cup. But for Reece James, too, it is becoming what must be a frustratingly familiar brief, at least from the start of Premier League games.
Chelsea’s skipper has made the XI for only one of his side’s last five league games and not played more 45 minutes in any of them, having been taken off at half-time on that sole occasion at Fulham.
