Reece James has risked his Euro 2024 place, according to Gareth Southgate, by making himself unavailable for the upcoming international break. Southgate has named a 25-man squad for England’s final qualifiers and made it clear he had wanted to select James.
The 23-year-old, who was named as the Chelsea captain at the start of the season, has featured only once for England since he was ruled out of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar because of injury, against Italy in March. It has been a similar story for Chelsea after he damaged a hamstring on the opening weekend of the season. He has only just come back, making four appearances over the past three weeks – and not yet completing 90 minutes.
