{"id":1247973,"date":"2022-11-10T10:42:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T10:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/10\/reece-james-devastated-to-miss-world-cup-with-knee-injury\/"},"modified":"2022-11-10T10:42:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T10:42:24","slug":"reece-james-devastated-to-miss-world-cup-with-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/10\/reece-james-devastated-to-miss-world-cup-with-knee-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Reece James &#8216;devastated&#8217; to miss World Cup with knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1_GettyImages-1430797057.jpg\"   alt=\"Reece James celebrates against AC Milan - GettyImages\" title=\"Reece James celebrates against AC Milan - GettyImages\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reece James celebrates against AC Milan &#8211; GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chelsea defender Reece James says he is \u201cdevastated\u201d to not be included in England\u2019s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old\u00a0sustained the injury\u00a0against AC Milan on 11 October but remained optimistic of recovering in time for the competition.<\/p>\n<p>He began jogging this week after Chelsea had initially said he was expected to be out for eight weeks.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe minute I injured my knee, I knew the turnaround to make the World Cup would be tight,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReeceJames\/status\/1590326978619789313\">James said on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I always felt it was possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve worked harder than I ever thought I could to give myself the best chance of going and truly believed I could help the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that England manager Gareth Southgate deemed it too big a risk to take James.<\/p>\n<p>But James said: \u201cI appreciate there was a risk on both sides, but it was one I was willing to take.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood luck to the boys. I\u2019ll be back soon. Stay safe and sending love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s World Cup campaign gets underway against Iran on 21 November.<\/p>\n<p>Southgate\u2019s situation has not been helped by an injury to fellow England right-back Kyle Walker.<\/p>\n<p>The Manchester City defender had groin surgery at the start of October, but told the BBC last month he was \u201cconfident\u201d of being fit for the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>However, City boss Pep Guardiola said last week that the 32-year-old would not play for the club before the tournament starts.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"DqFFqIUBX3s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tamale Fire: Traders lose thousands of cedis after several shops were burnt down (9-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DqFFqIUBX3s?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reece James celebrates against AC Milan &#8211; GettyImages Chelsea defender Reece James says he is \u201cdevastated\u201d to not be included in England\u2019s World Cup squad. The 22-year-old\u00a0sustained the injury\u00a0against AC Milan on 11 October but remained optimistic of recovering in time for the competition. 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