(Image): Chelsea fans go mad after club releases sneaky clue about long term absentee | OneFootball

Chelsea have posted a picture from the dressing room in the build up to the game against Aston Villa tonight. It shows Marc Cucurella’s shirt hanging up. But what’s really getting fans excited is in the background.

There’s a narrow angle glimpse of a certain shirt – a number 24, owned by Reece James.

Predictably that’s got fans going crazy. They’re so excited to see their captain back

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Now it may just be an old photo they’ve used, or maybe it’s a deliberate teaser? It’s hard to read their intentions. We will know a lot more when the teams come out later on.

What we’re really not expecting is James to be in the squad. Pochettino said in his press conference yesterday that the full back wasn’t going to be ready, and considering he’s been out for a long time, he’s going to need a lot more time in training before he’s ready for any minutes.