Chelsea star Reece James goes off with knee injury against Bournemouth in first game back since missing World Cup

REECE JAMES’ horrible luck continued as he hobbled out of Chelsea’s game against Bournemouth with a knee injury on his return to action.

The Chelsea right-back was forced to miss the World Cup with a knee problem.

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GettyJames was consoled by Graham Potter as he left the pitch[/caption]

But James has been hard at work recovering and joined the rest of his Blues team-mates in Abu Dhabi for their mid-season training camp.

And James featured in their friendly against Brentford last week after successful returning to training.

As a result, he was put straight back into the side by Graham Potter for the first time since injuring his knee against AC Milan.

James showed few signs of rustiness during the opening period, but disaster struck in the 53rd minute when he was forced off.

James had signalled to the bench about his knee on a couple of occasions.

And was then eventually replaced by Cesar Azpilicueta.

He already missed NINE games in all comps after suffering the injury in the Champions League.

And Potter will be hoping it’s nothing serious this time with some key games upcoming.

Chelsea face Manchester City twice in the space of four days next month and also travel to Liverpool before the end of January.

Another lengthy layoff could also put James in danger of missing the last-16 Champions League first leg tie with Borussia Dortmund in 15 February.