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Chelsea right-back Reece James has been handed a one-game suspension after accepting an FA charge over using abusive language towards an official. James, who has been sidelined with a hamstring injury since the opening weekend of the season, confronted the referee in the tunnel after last month's 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa, after which he was accused of using "improper, abusive and insulting" language. Having accepted the charge , James has been handed a £90,000 fine and a one- Game suspension , which leaves him ineligible for Saturday's meeting with Burnley. Fortunately for Chelsea, James was set to miss the Burnley game anyway as he continues his recovery from injury, and he is not expected to return until after the October international break. While manager Mauricio Pochettino will not have to deal with the impact of James' suspension, the boss has seen his full-back headache escalate in recent days following news of another injury to left-back and vice-captai...

Chelsea have been handed a welcome fitness boost at the sight of Carney Chukwuemeka back in partial training this week. The 19-year-old, signed from Aston Villa for £20m last summer, was on course to have a significant role for the Blues this season after initially taking up an understandable fringe status in 2022/23. Chukwuemeka started each of Chelsea's first two Premier League games of the new campaign against Liverpool and West Ham. He scored his maiden goal for the club against the latter to equalise in the first half, only to be forced off with injury at the interval. The midfielder, one of the first recruits brought in for the 'Vision 2030' project being developed at Stamford Bridge, ended up undergoing knee surgery the day after the West Ham Game . His absence during the recovery period was originally estimated at six weeks, which would put his return to match action sometime in early October. The fact that he has started to now engage in light training activities s...