Chelsea boss Graham Potter says Reece James primed for return

Injury meant the defender missed out of England's World Cup squad 
BACK IN BLUE: Chelsea's Reece James is available to face Bournemouth on Tuesday evening. Picture: Richard Heathcote/NMC Pool/PA Wire

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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