The misery grows for Thomas Tuchel and Chelsea as they now look set to face Liverpool and many games beyond, with only one natural wing back in the squad.
Reece James has joined Ben Chilwell on the long-term injury list at the club after it appears he has torn his hamstring in the Brighton game this week and will face a spell on the sidelines.
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Understand Reece James has indeed suffered a hamstring tear. He'll sadly be ruled out for a while.
Leaves Marcos Alonso as Chelsea's only recognised available wing-back going into Sunday's game against Liverpool.
— Adam Newson (@AdamNewson) December 30, 2021
It is unclear yet just how long he will be out for, but it is looking pretty bleak with a hamstring tear and is more than likely to be months than weeks, depending on the grade of tear.
We can keep hope that it will be the lesser grade, but even still we face some big games with just Marcos Alonso as our only recognised natural wing back, in a system that relies heavily on it’s wing backs.
With that and our Covid-19 cases still simmering around the club through a bad run of form, things are far from great right now for us and Thomas Tuchel.
