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Chelsea youngster Reece James is expected to miss the start of the season after sustaining an ankle ligament damage during England U20s 2-1 defeat to Chile in the Toulon Tournament last month.

His recovery is expected to take at least three months, meaning that he will miss the start of the season.

James has given new Chelsea boss Frank Lampard a boost as he has now started running.

Lampard will obviously love to have him in his squad due to his versatility. He had an impressive loan season with Wigan, playing 45 of a possible 46 Championship games. He started all 45 games and played the whole 90 minutes in 44.