Reece James will not play in the Club World Cup

, who has been recovering from a hamstring injury that he picked during

1-1 draw against

at Stamford Bridge on December 29 and was expected to return to action and be with the Blues in the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi, has been ruled out of the Blues’ squad for the competition, and their boss

Thomas Tuchel

has revealed that he needs more time to recover from the injury.

"He [James] is not in team training yet, so maybe that answers the question,"

the German said

. "After a couple of weeks, he will need some time in team training to get the confidence back. He does not travel with us to the Club World Cup.

"I am too long a coach to not get overexcited by pure dates that are maybe out there. I know you can have setbacks and can take long sometimes. The injury was a big injury and I felt it straight away. The diagnosis was straight away it was a big injury and from there we have to be patient.

"It's always a bit of a tricky one and he is a physical player. He caught flu in the last week and lost days in his process of coming back to the team.

"We are patient and we want to have him on the pitch tomorrow, of course, but it's not happening at the moment and we have to stay patient. He works hard and is in best hands."

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