Graham Potter reveals Reece James plan ahead of first PL game back

Chelsea are finally back in Premier League action tonight, facing strugglers Bournemouth in the evening kick off.

Many clubs returned to playing yesterday after the World Cup break, but Chelsea got to enjoy an extra day off playing as they were scheduled for tonight’s big event.

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Graham Potter will have been carefully selecting his starting Xl in order to make sure they come back firing on all cylinders after a poor run of form and performances before the break.

Reece James would be a massive loss for any team, and Chelsea have been without him during a crucial period. But he is fit again now and ready to make his comeback. Whether that will in the starting line up today or not remains to be seen, because Potter wants to be super careful bringing him back in.

In words from Potter’s embargoed section of Friday’s press conference, released by Football London last night, Potter says: “If you look at how the team was functioning before and after he got injured, it’s not the only reason of course, but Reece is a top, top player and when he’s not with us it’s a miss,” Potter said.

“The plan is to try to help him build up his minutes, and the next challenge is to build him up in the Premier League, which is not the ideal place to do it. He’s got the capacity to do that, but we just need to be clear and careful with the minutes that he plays. I’m confident the more he plays the more we’ll see what a fantastic player he is