‘The best’: Real Madrid attacker hails 22-year-old Chelsea player not at the World Cup

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Real Madrid and Brazil star Vinicius Junior has sent a two-word message to Reece James that Chelsea fans will love.

Vinicius, 22, is one of the world’s best rated attackers that’s currently representing Brazil at the World Cup tournament in Qatar.

Unfortunately, James isn’t involved with the England squad at the World Cup because of a knee injury.

The 22-year-old Chelsea wing-back was in sensational form at club level prior to his injury setback, so Blues supporters will hope he’s ready to return at Stamford Bridge post-World Cup.

Vinicius Junior message to Reece James

James, who carried out a Q&A on Twitter yesterday, named Vinicius, Rafael Leao and Sadio Mane as the three toughest opponents in his career. It’s no real surprise the right-back highlighted three of the world’s most explosive left-wingers.

Vinicius has since replied to hail the Chelsea defender:

“The best,” Vinicius wrote on Twitter.

There’s clearly massive respect between the Madrid forward and the Chelsea full-back, who you imagine will face each other plenty more times in the future on the Champions League stage.

Vinicius recently named James and Kyle Walker as his toughest English opponents, so the feeling is very much mutual.

This winter break has allowed Chelsea supporters to temporarily forget about the poor form Graham Potter’s side were in a few weeks ago.

However, domestic football will return later this month and it’s crucial hit the ground running.

It’s so obvious that the Blues are a much weaker side when James is not on the pitch, so he’s at least had some extra time to heal during a period where in most years he would have missed so many club games.

The attack-minded wing-back gives so much to Chelsea in forward areas with goals, assists and crossed. His defensive game is equally as impressive because opponents won’t enjoying facing him one-on-one.

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