Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel said in no unsure terms that he feels Reece James isn't always bodily equipped to go away on international responsibility.
James, 22, has had a hard run with accidents after tearing his hamstring towards Brighton overdue in December, in brief returning inside the first week of March before getting sidelined once more.
The astounding complete-lower back is having a extremely good season, with five goals and six assists from 17 Premier League appearances.
England manager Gareth Southgate turned heads while he named James in the squad for upcoming friendlies towards Switzerland and Ivory Coast, however Tuchel become firm when asked for his thoughts.
"[Technical and Performance Adviser] Petr Cech will have this chat because, of direction, the advice is that [James] does no longer move [on international duty]," he stated following Chelsea's 2-zero FA Cup win towards Middlesbrough.
"He is still in individual schooling, otherwise, we'd have added him to Lille and we would have delivered him here for sure. There isn't any doubt approximately it.
"He continues to be in person schooling, he needs one extra week of rehabilitation and I think we are able to provide this much higher – it isn't the activity of the national group to do this."
Chelsea will subsequent play Brentford on April 2, earlier than website hosting Real Madrid inside the Champions League a few days later.
