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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
David Hytner

Reece James back on Chelsea sidelines after sustaining new hamstring injury

Reece James.
Reece James missed a significant chunk of last season after having hamstring surgery. Photograph: Matt West/Shutterstock

Reece James has sustained another hamstring injury and will miss Chelsea’s Premier League visit to Leicester on Saturday, with his manager, Enzo Maresca, unsure about the time frame on the recovery.

James felt the problem in training on Tuesday and it is the latest blow for the captain, who had hamstring surgery last December which ruled him out until the final few games of the season. He injured a hamstring again on Chelsea’s pre-season tour of the United States and played his first match of the campaign at Liverpool on 20 October.

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