Chelsea supervisor Sonia Bompastor says Lauren James will probably be out for not less than the following few weeks, casting doubt on her availability for England’s World Cup qualifying play-off matches.
The 25-year-old will miss not less than the following 5 matches for the Blues, together with Everton’s go to to Stamford Bridge on Saturday and an important match towards champions Manchester Metropolis subsequent weekend.
It additionally casts doubt on her possibilities of being accessible for England’s World Cup qualifying play-off matches towards Ukraine in December.
After James got here off in misery within the thirty fifth minute of the 6-0 win over Charlton Athletic, Bompastor confirmed the damage: “The one one who will probably be lacking is LJ.
“She had a scan and he or she has an damage in her hamstring, so we can’t see her till the tip of this block.”
There was extra constructive information for Chelsea, with midfielder Lexi Potter, who made her England debut final month, again after lacking the journey to Charlton.
Chelsea, in the meantime, are high of the WSL desk having gained matches each with and with out James this season.
Bompastor added: “After all we all know how good Lauren is for us and for the crew.
“Additionally, my job is to verify I discover options when some gamers should not accessible and never taking part in for the crew. I believe the nice factor is that once I checked out a few of the statistics from final week, we’re a crew who’re in a position to rating via totally different gamers.
“The final sport we had towards Charlton, loads of gamers had been concerned in scoring once more. Additionally, I believe each participant on the pitch had a shot on objective.
“Even when it was not all the time an excellent one, not less than the entire gamers who had been on the pitch had a shot on objective. I believe that is a very good factor and, once more, my job now could be to verify I discover the options with out LJ on the pitch.”
