Chelsea suffer major blow as key player sidelined for the season with hamstring injury
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Chelsea and England defender Reece James will miss the rest of the season after picking up a hamstring injury in the Blues Champions League quarter-final second-leg defeat to Real Madrid.
🔐 Reece James is averaging 1.3 key passes per game in the Premier League this season; the joint most of any Chelsea player to register 1000+ minutes this season
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) April 25, 2023
🤕 James has been ruled out for the rest of the season with an injury pic.twitter.com/MLsG5nfuVg
Chelsea's Reece Jams and Mason Mount out for the season
Chelsea interim boss Frank Lampard, speaking ahead of the game against Brentford on Wednesday said: "Reece James is unavailable. Probably for the season."
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Mason Mount is also expected to miss significant time after undergoing surgery for an abdominal issue.
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Mount saw a specialist regarding the problem and was advised to have surgery, which the midfielder underwent on Tuesday. He is set to be out for up to a month.
Regarding Mount's absence, Lampard said: "Mason Mount is out for now. Potential to make the last game of the season but probably not"
Chelsea head into the meeting 11th in the Premier League standings with a very slim chance of making European football next season.
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