Reece James Must Be Joint A Month From Chelsea, Graham Potter Poasibility Of FINDing A New Right Bek

Chelsea right-back Reece James has a knee injury (Photo: Instagram.com/@chelseafc)

JAKARTA - Reece James' injury made him have to be sidelined for a short time. The Blues right-back had to be out of the team for a whole month.

Reece James suffered an unfortunate fate when he helped Chelsea win 2-0 over Bournemouth in the 2022/2023 Premier League continued week. In the match at Stamford Bridge Stadium, Wednesday, December 28, the player only appeared 53 minutes before being replaced by Cesar Azpilicueta.

The match was actually James' comeback moment after being absent since last October due to a knee problem. Unfortunately, he had to go back to dealing with injury at the same place..

James' injury recurred and required him to pull over for a full month until next year.

"Bek Reece James underwent an examination after being replaced due to a knee injury in the second half of the match against Bournemouth which was won (Chelsea) with a score of 2-0," the club said in a statement.

"From the results of the examination, the 23-year-old defender's injury recurred so Reece (James) had to rest for a month," the statement continued.

When Reece James was pulled off the pitch, Graham Potter admitted he was anxious and worried. Now Potter has to rack her brain to anticipate the player's absence.

Losing James is believed to be very detrimental to Chelsea considering the player is the mainstay in the back line. Potter has to find a solution for right-back position in the middle of a busy team schedule.

Understandably, now there is only Azpilicueta as a coating.

This situation will most likely make Chelsea look for new players in the January transfer market to fill Reece James' position. The names of candidates who are starting to stick out are the Celtic FC defenders and the Croatian national team, Josip Juranovic.