After a few days of speculation, we finally have some concrete sounding information about Reece James’ injury.
Graham Potter and the club weren’t letting on, so it’s down to the well connected Matt Law of the Daily Telegraph to give us the scoop.
James’ injury didn’t appear too serious at first, to the extent that he flew back on a commercial airline from Milan, where he had picked up the knee issue.
But scans back in England once the swelling had gone down showed a much more serious issues, and Law says James could be out for 8 weeks – taking us right up to the World Cup.
Many Blues fans would probably rather now see James miss out on Qatar, rather than rushed back and risking further issues. If he’s going to miss crucial games for us – why would we want him to go and play with England, with no time to warm up for it.
