Chelsea: Reece James in 'good place' after missing World Cup, says Blues boss Graham Potter

Potter said James had been grooming for a fewer weeks

Chelsea right-back Reece James is successful a "good place" aft the "challenging period" of missing retired connected the World Cup, says brag Graham Potter.

The 23-year-old has since returned to grooming and is disposable for Chelsea's crippled against Bournemouth connected Tuesday.

"It was a World Cup and they travel astir each 4 years. So erstwhile you're young, the position is not truthful casual to get," said Potter.

"You are young and you privation to play. That's truly understandable. It's the aforesaid for Reece, [England left-back] Ben Chilwell, [France midfielder] N'Golo Kante. It's brutal truly to person to woody with.

"You tin effort to assistance them and springiness them a spot of position but successful the extremity it has to travel from them, their families and those radical adjacent to them."

James picked up his genu wounded against AC Milan connected 11 October and said helium was "devastated" not to marque England's squad.

"I person to accidental helium is successful a bully mood, helium is successful a bully place. He has trained with us, is grooming good and is simply a bully team-mate. He has dealt with it well," added Potter.

"There is not excessively overmuch you tin say. You accidental it volition get amended with clip and you person to absorption connected the things you tin control. But determination is thing you tin accidental to a subordinate that volition marque it get better.

"He is missing the World Cup. What tin I say? All I tin bash is admit that it is upsetting, that immoderate helium is feeling is mean and assistance him determination forwards.

"It was a challenging play for him. It was a challenging play for each the players. You person to deliberation connected immoderate level determination is an effect there. They're lone human."

Potter said James had been "training for a fewer weeks", though Kante, Chilwell, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Wesley Fofana stay out.

"For him [James], the champion happening is that helium is playing shot - the World Cup is finished present and helium tin ore connected playing football," said the Chelsea boss.

• Visit our Chelsea leafage for each the latest Blues news, investigation and instrumentality views
• You tin present get Chelsea quality notifications successful the BBC Sport app - find retired more

• Our sum of Chelsea is bigger and amended than ever earlier - here's everything you request to know to marque definite you ne'er miss a moment
• Everything Chelsea - spell consecutive to each the champion content