Chelsea supervisor Sonia Bompastor says Lauren James will likely be out for no less than the subsequent few weeks, casting doubt on her availability for England’s World Cup qualifying play-off matches.
The 25-year-old will miss no less than the subsequent 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 probabilities of being obtainable 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 likely be lacking is LJ.
“She had a scan and he or she has an damage in her hamstring, so we cannot see her till the top 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 received matches each with and with out James this season.
Bompastor added: “In fact we all know how good Lauren is for us and for the staff.
“Additionally, my job is to verify I discover options when some gamers should not obtainable and never enjoying for the staff. I believe the great factor is that after I checked out a few of the statistics from final week, we’re a staff who’re capable of rating by totally different gamers.
“The final recreation we had towards Charlton, loads of gamers have 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 amazing one, no less than all the gamers who have been on the pitch had a shot on objective. I believe that is factor and, once more, my job now’s to verify I discover the options with out LJ on the pitch.”