Reece James is locked in! Chelsea star runs hard during trip to California after missing out on England Euro 2024 squad

The 24-year-old had an injury-hit season, with hamstring problems limiting him to just 11 appearances in all competitions for the Blues. His lack of game time ruled him out of England selection for Euro 2024 but now he is back fit and healthy, the right-back may have an eye on hitting the ground running for 2024/25 going by his Instagram story on Santa Monica beach.

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James, who missed approximately 200 days of this season due to a hamstring injury that eventually required surgery, badly needs a run of games. On his day, the England international is one of the best in the world in his position but his lack of minutes is cause for concern. He, Chelsea, and England will hope he can avoid injury in 2024/25.

During his relatively short career, the Blues academy product has repeatedly had hamstring problems, but the defender has also been sidelined with issues in his ankle, knee, thigh, muscles and more. That has caused him to miss more than 100 games in his career.

Reece and his Chelsea team-mates will return for pre-season duty in the coming weeks before taking on Wrexham, Celtic, Club America, Manchester City, and Real Madrid over the course of late July and early August.