Reece James has sent a hopeful message to Chelsea and England fans ahead of the winter World Cup.
The right-back has been confirmed as not needing surgery on a knee injury sustained during the second half of Chelsea's 2-0 victory over AC Milan earlier this week but it still in a race against time to be fit enough for consideration in Gareth Southgate's World Cup squad.
James will miss up to eight weeks of action, ruling him out of the remainder of club matches, but there is an outside chance that if recovery goes well that he could yet earn a place in the England squad and undertake the final stages whilst away in Qatar.
