{"id":5705,"date":"2026-09-22T06:34:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T06:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=5705"},"modified":"2026-09-22T06:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T06:34:42","slug":"chelseas-injury-crisis-deepens-reece-james-forced-to-withdraw-from-england-squad-join-long-list-of-blues-absentees-as-man-city-starlet-earns-first-senior-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=5705","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea&#8217;s injury crisis deepens! Reece James forced to withdraw from England squad &#038; join long list of Blues absentees as Man City starlet earns first senior call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>James has battled a number of ailments down the years, limiting his appearances for England. He missed more than 40 games for club and country during the 2023-24 campaign after undergoing hamstring surgery. All too familiar problems held him back again last season, with a further 26 matches being sat out.<\/p>\n<p>Despite making his international debut in 2020, James has only reached 21 caps. He has faced fierce competition for the Three Lions\u2019 right-back berth from the likes of Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier and Trent Alexander-Arnold, and would have expected to have more appearances to his name by now.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Reilly is being given the chance to earn his first senior cap after making impressive progress under Pep Guardiola at Manchester City. The versatile 20-year-old, who can also operate in midfield, only made his senior debut in the 2024 Community Shield and has graced just 15 Premier League fixtures. Tuchel is, however, happy to take a look at him during the latest international break.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-ng\/lists\/chelsea-injury-crisis-reece-james-withdraw-england-squad-man-city-starlet-first-senior-call-up\/bltf2523c1c5a510788\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James has battled a number of ailments down the years, limiting his appearances for England&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}