{"id":2878,"date":"2026-05-01T17:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:34:30","slug":"reece-james-and-levi-colwill-status-for-monday-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2878","title":{"rendered":"Reece James and Levi Colwill status for Monday confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Reece James and Levi Colwill are close to returning for Chelsea, and Calum McFarlane had an update on both in his presser today.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Calum McFarlane has just taken his press conference ahead of Chelsea\u2019s Monday afternoon game against Nottingham Forest, and as usual, first on the agenda was injury news.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the squad are available right now, but two members of the first choice back four are out \u2013 Reece James and Levi Colwill.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cReece is back in training and Levi, both looking good,\u201d the interim coach said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA little way to the game so we\u2019ll see how they do but both are looking promising. We\u2019re taking it day by day. Levi has had a long injury, Reece had a really good run and was then injured again so we don\u2019t want to push too much.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>James still unlikely to start, Colwill a couple of weeks away<\/h2>\n<p>If we\u2019re being realistic, we\u2019d say it\u2019s still likely that neither feature in the game. Colwill is still a long way off, clearly. James is close, and we\u2019d expect him on the bench at the very least.<\/p>\n<p>But given his record, a start on Monday still feels like a stretch.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Joe Cole has warned Alejandro Garnacho that he could be in trouble if he doesn\u2019t up his game soon.<\/p>\n<p>Top German football insider Christian Falk has been speaking about the potential move of Nicolas Jackson across the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! 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