"I love him in both positions. I'm not sure (what his best position is)." Thomas Tuchel expressed firmly when asked if Reece James' new position would be in the German's back-three rather than as a wing-back.
"I think the back three is less demanding physically in comparison to the wing-back position," Tuchel explained. "Given he comes back from a long injury, a muscle injury, with the risk of a re-injury over so many weeks, it is a bit of an advantage to have him in a back three."
Tuchel stuck with James as a right-sided centre-back in the defeat to Arsenal, a game that saw a third consecutive defensive collapse at Stamford Bridge. James was not at fault for any of Arsenal's four goals, and the switch proved costly at the other end.
