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Reece James came through his minutes for Chelsea against Liverpool OK last weekend and should be good to go against Man City and for England.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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Calum McFarlane has not had the easiest run of games in his two spells as Chelsea caretaker, and that\u2019s not changing anytime soon.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s got to face Man City at Wembley in the FA Cup final on Saturday, and in his press conference today the questions were mainly on the injury news for his side.<\/p>\n

James fit and firing for Chelsea against Man City<\/h2>\n

In terms of Reece James, the news is good. McFarlane gave an update on the full back who returned to first team action last weekend as a sub against Liverpool:<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah (he came through those minutes without issue), he\u2019s trained well this week. Happy with Reece. Good to get him some minutes and I thought he played well when he came on as well. So, yeah, largely positive around Reece.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full back is hoping to be Thomas Tuchel\u2019s first choice for England, so there were questions about his readiness for that too:<\/p>\n

\u201cI can only comment on the last week probably and the lead-up to the Liverpool game. We were confident he was able to play those minutes in Liverpool. He came through them well. He\u2019s trained well this week. So, yeah, we\u2019re really hopeful we can finish the season in that sort of form.<\/p>\n

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