Chelsea have been dealt the blow that their captain, Reece James, has sustained another hamstring injury which requires a scan. James played back-to-back full matches in four days, first away at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League and then at home to Newcastle in the Premier League. However, eyebrows were raised when he was missing from their open training session on Monday morning before the visit of PSG in their Champions League last-16 second leg on Tuesday night. With a hamstring injury, it's never great. Chelsea need to stage a miraculous comeback to avoid falling out of the Champions League to PSG, who won 5-2 in Paris last week.

Source: Daily Mail March 16, 2026 14:28 UTC