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Chelsea boost as top liner returns to training

Reece James returned to Chelsea training this morning.

The 23-year-old joined the rest of the squad when they trained on Tuesday morning and is set to be available for Saturday's game against Everton at Stamford Bridge, says the London Evening Standard.

James will then hope to be recalled to the England squad on Thursday after missing the World Cup in Qatar due to a knee injury.

But the defender has played less than half of Chelsea's matches this season and the Blues wary of the need to manage him carefully during the run-in after the international break.

Mason Mount, who was not quite ready to return in Saturday's 3-1 win away at Leicester, also trained with the Chelsea squad on Tuesday.

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