The defender of the London "Chelsea" Rhys James suffered a knee injury in the match of the 17th round of the English Premier League (

) against "Bournemouth".

He left the field in the 51st minute of the meeting, and was replaced by Cesar Azpilicueta.

The seriousness of the injury is currently unknown.

The head coach of the Blues, Graham Potter, said that in the next one or two days, the doctors will be able to give an answer about the timing of the player's recovery.

Rees is expected to miss Chelsea's next match against Nottingham Forest.

It should be noted that James went on the field for the first time since October 16.

The Englishman was treated for 2 months for the knee injury he received in the Champions League group stage match against Milan.

Due to injury, he did not help the England team at the 2022 World Cup.

• This season, James played 12 matches for Chelsea in all competitions.

  The defender has two goals and two assists.

• "Chelsea" is in 8th place with 24 points after 15 rounds.

We will remind that the

ended with the victory of "Chelsea" with a score of 2:0.

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