When Reece James put on the captain’s armband at Chelsea and started in the England national team, the future looked very bright for the fierce right-back. Then his career was put on hold while the Englishman had to work hard and patiently to even become relevant for the fight arena.
After the 2021/22 season, a Chelsea star was heavily linked to Real Madrid. The England international was singled out as a candidate to take over from the legend Carvajal. Reece James chose to extend with Chelsea, which turned out to be lucky for the La Liga giant. Because after this, the England international disappeared into a spiral of injury breaks. Now Real Madrid can be tempted to take a risk.
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The 24-year-old James still has a high star at Chelsea, but injuries in recent seasons have made it impossible to count on the player. This season, Malo Gusto has taken on the right side of Maresca’s defence with great success. To put Chelsea’s James situation in perspective, Malo has already started more games this season than Reece James has in the last two seasons.
The former England international (last game in March 2023) is rated as one of the best right-backs in the world – when he is injury-free. The price could be dumped at under £20m to reduce the risk for the La Liga giant, with the total price increasing as the right-back remains injury-free and available on matchday.
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The question then is whether Carlo Ancelotti can cope with having another player in the squad who has been affected by injuries this season.
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