Reece James was amongst the Chelsea stars again in motion at Cobham on Wednesday after Graham Potter’s facet returned from their mid-season journey to Abu Dhabi this week.
Potter and his Blues squad jetted off for a warm-weather coaching camp within the UAE throughout this 12 months’s World Cup, giving his remaining gamers the prospect to remain slot in sizzling situations all through the worldwide break.
They took half in a single pleasant in the course of the camp, struggling a 1-0 defeat in opposition to fellow Premier League facet Aston Villa on the weekend, a match which noticed Armando Broja decide up a season-ending ACL harm.
Reece James was amongst the Chelsea stars again in motion at Cobham on Wednesday
The Blues have returned to coaching on house soil after their mid-season journey to Abu Dhabi
After the pleasant loss Chelsea returned house to Cobham, the place preparations are already underway for his or her first Premier League recreation again in opposition to Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge on December 27.
The likes of James, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Jorginho and Wesley Fofana have been put by their paces by Potter on Wednesday forward of that fixture, with slightly below two weeks to go till their marketing campaign resumes.
James, who was disregarded of England’s World Cup squad whereas recovering from a knee harm, is delighted to be again at Cobham, taking to Twitter to say as a lot on Thursday.
James particularly was delighted to be again at their Cobham coaching advanced this week
The defender didn’t make it into England’s World Cup squad whereas recovering from harm
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Together with a collection of pictures of he and his team-mates, the right-back stated: ‘it’s been some time however again like we by no means left!’
The World Cup break got here as a aid for Chelsea final month after slumping to 3 straight Premier League defeats in opposition to Brighton, Arsenal and Newcastle.
Whereas a number of harm issues did not assist, Potter’s honeymoon interval on the Bridge got here crashing down in spectacular style previous to the pause in schedule.
His facet are languishing down in eighth place, as many factors adrift of the highest 4, forward of the Premier League’s return on Boxing Day, though they’ve a game-in-hand over fourth-place Tottenham.
Potter’s males have two essential outings in opposition to Manchester Metropolis to come back firstly of January, first internet hosting them within the league on January 5 earlier than visiting the Etihad within the FA Cup three days later.
Metropolis already dumped Chelsea out of the Carabao Cup final month and will derail them in two different competitions when the season will get again underway.
Graham Potter must get Chelsea’s season again on observe after the worldwide break
