Chelsea boss Graham Potter says Reece James primed for return

Injury meant the defender missed out of England's World Cup squad 
Chelsea boss Graham Potter says Reece James primed for return

BACK IN BLUE: Chelsea's Reece James is available to face Bournemouth on Tuesday evening. Picture: Richard Heathcote/NMC Pool/PA Wire

Graham Potter believes Reece James is psychologically prepared for the second half of Chelsea's season after the "brutal" experience of sustaining a knee injury that sidelined him from the World Cup.

The 23-year-old looked destined for Gareth Southgate's Qatar-bound England squad before he was forced off in the second half of Chelsea's 2-0 Champions League victory over AC Milan in mid-October.

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