Reece James was forced off in Chelsea’s 2-0 Champions League victory over AC Milan on Tuesday night, with scans revealing ligament damage which is expected to rule him out for between six and eight weeks.
The right-back has started England’s last two games but appears to have little chance of being fit for England’s opening World Cup game against Iran on November 21.
With Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold ruled out for up to two weeks after picking up an ankle injury in last weekend’s defeat to the Gunners and Kyle Walker battling back from groin surgery, the Three Lions’ abundance of right-back options are now looking a little depleted.
