Reece James graced the Cobham turf again and he made sure Chelsea supporters knew about it.
The defender uploaded a post to his Instagram, with pictures of his return to full-first team training in London.
‘It’s been a while but back like we never left’ captioned the 23-year-old, who has been overcoming a knee injury since the middle of October.
He travelled to Abu Dhabi to take part in the warm weather training camp, which allowed him to finally rub shoulders with some of Graham Potter’s squad.
Now on home soil following the trip to the United Arab Emirates, it’s time for the full-back to truly immerse himself in the schedule ahead of Chelsea’s domestic restart.
Reece James jumps back into Chelsea training
James’ reintroduction to Potter’s crew can only go down as a massive bonus.
Chelsea have struggled in the absence of their academy graduate, as they did on numerous occasions last season when he was side-lined.
His recovery has clearly captioned the hearts and minds of those sharing a changing room with him.
In response to the England international’s social media message, two of his younger colleagues left endearing responses.
Teenage duo Carney Chukwuemeka and Omari Hutchinson both had similar things to say about James in the comments.
Chukwuemeka called him ‘My brother’, whilst Hutchinson went for ‘My big bro’.
Despite his own relatively youthful figure, James is already proving to be a senior figure at Chelsea.
Hence why we all want to see him in action again as soon as possible!
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