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It's been a long two months but Reece James is finally back in first team training.

After suffering a hamstring injury against Brighton with setbacks along the way, the 22-year-old wing-back is in contention to start a Chelsea match once again.

There's no doubt, alongside Ben Chilwell, that the Blues have missed the quality he brings both in his physicality down the right flank and the quality of his end product.

The former Wigan loanee has trained twice with the first team, with one session to go before Chelsea take on Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final and he appears very much in Thomas Tuchel's thinking.

The 48-year-old coach said: "A very, very good question. Even if I wanted to, I'm not sure I could answer it right now. He looked brilliant in the last two training sessions, let's wait another session and let's see if I'm crazy enough to put him on the pitch or if the reasonable side of me wins in the end and we go step by step.

"It would be a huge step but honestly today, he looked so strong, so confident, and so involved in training that I am tempted to do it. Let's see. We have a bit of time and the most important thing is he's back and he feels confident that he can step up a level like he did yesterday and today.

"There are still two days to go and then we will take the decision."

It didn't take long for many to suggest that