Xabi Alonso reports new training injury to important Chelsea player

Reece James is not in the Chelsea squad today, and Xabi Alonso gave some information about his issue before kick off. If you enjoy Talk Chelsea coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.

Chelsea went into the international break just gone with a few injury issues to sort out, and the team sheet for today’s game against Bournemouth shows they were mostly sorted.

Moises Caicedo starts, Joao Pedro starts, Cole Palmer starts, Marco Palestra is on the bench. That is a huge boost for the coach, who has yet to be able to name a full strength team since taking the Chelsea job this summer.