Enzo Maresca has told Reece James he needs to become a better leader, with Chelsea’s head coach revealing how he ‘expected more’ from the 24-year-old club captain.
James featured for the first time this season last weekend, lasting less than an hour in their 2-1 Premier League loss to Liverpool after overcoming his latest hamstring injury.
Chelsea’s staff have now decided that James’s body cannot cope with two games in a week, with the skipper one of those left at home for Thursday’s Conference League trip to Panathinaikos.