Pochettino confirms James will return ‘soon’ in large pre-season enhance
The new Blues boss oversaw Chelsea’s 5-0 win over Wrexham of their opening pre-season match within the United States.
Ian Maatsen scored a first-half brace and Conor Gallagher and Ben Chilwell have been heading in the right direction after the break on the Kenan Memorial Stadium in North Carolina, although a younger Chelsea facet have been with out James, who has been struggling with sickness.
Pochettino gave an replace on the defender’s availability after the sport on Wednesday night time, saying: “He is flying soon and he is going to join the team.”
Nkunku scored a wonderful goal within the ninetieth minute in opposition to Wrexham, rounding goalkeeper Rob Lainton and ending into an empty web.
Pochettino was glad to see his makeshift No9 raise the spirits on his debut, including: “The most important thing now is to get feelings, starting to play again after the holidays. All the players came at different levels and now it is about putting them all at similar levels.”
The Chelsea supervisor admitted that his incomplete squad implies that he was pressured to make use of the £53m signing from RB Leipzig as a striker.
“I think for the possibility today and the different players we have available and I think it’s a position we decide today… we only have Jackson and him with the possibility to play as a striker,” Pochettino mentioned.