Are Chelsea in trouble without Reece James?

Chelsea face another spell without their club captain Reece James. The defender has been pivotal to their shape in recent seasons, but has been injury prone in previous campaigns.

Does the arrival of Malo Gusto solve the problem? Jon Mackenzie explains.

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[aaronfinn]

They couldn’t have signed a better replacement, they’re sorted for the foreseeable in that area

[MNA]

Reece James should be back in a few weeks but I think Nkunku’s absence will be felt the most by the team (especially Jackson), considering how Chelsea played during pre-season.

[mrshrimpeugene]

43% of reece james career was on loan to a championship side

[ParisianWeetabix]

malo gusto sounds like what you say in spanish when you're not pleased to meet someone

[zacsayer]

Loving the William Morris Walthamstow kit!

[quitestiger]

Give the guy a medal who made Reece captain

[SirEEf]

The hope was that we could comfortably rest Reece James in certain games without worrying about the quality of our backup. Rest him so he doesn't get injured as often.
Needless to say that won't work anymore. Reece's injuries are slowly but surely keeping him from becoming the best RB the world has ever seen.

[mannyogu]

3000 mins does sound a lot... If you don't convert it to appearances

[amsarkar]

And they made an injury prone player their captain w

[michaelglynn]

Gusto looked great against Luton, got himself 2 assists

[octaviorodriguez]

Chelsea is finishing 8th-10th place with a billion dollar squad.

[vibangigan]

Doesn’t clear their leadership problem. He’s probably the only guy in the locker room who wasn’t brought in the last 2 years and not on crazy wages.

[abdelmalekfarouk]

Actually they are in trouble without Christopher Nkunku !

[MuhammadIrfan-qiep]

Of course Chelsea will be in trouble.
How can you let injury prone player to become a captain? The issue will escalate if Malo Gusto thrived and James could not fight back his place.
That time the squad harmony will shake again affecting game results

[dandane]

He's played one game in the Prem, how an earth would you know if he can hack it? You probably spouted the same stuff about Cucarella.

[Krish_U]

watch chelsea buy another rb when malo gusto gets injured 😂😂😂
- exactly what they done when cucurella got injured and they just signed him 😂😂😂

[JPzizou]

The owners are the main issues. Overpaying on so many overrated players! No goal scorers

[Thejacka]

Has Reece ever played an important game for England

[micckeymol]

Gusto isn't a touch on Reece James.

[shaqtaku]

Question is, why such an injury prone player would get the captain's armbad 🤔 it seems nothing more than a PR stunt, that an academy boy followed his dream and became the captain of his boyhood club