Reece James is set for a spell on the sidelines with another hamstring injury, Liam Rosenior has confirmed.The Chelsea captain, who signed a six-year contract with the club last week, has sustained his 10th hamstring injury since December 2020.Once again, Reece James has fallen victim to a hamstring injuryGettyJames missed an open training session with the rest of the Blues squad on Monday, ahead of their Champions League last 16 second leg clash with Paris Saint-Germain.This came just two days after the 26-year-old played the full 90 minutes in his side’s 1-0 defeat to Newcastle.Rosenior: Hamstring injury ‘never great’ for JamesManager Rosenior has since addressed James’ absence, revealing he suffered a fresh injury blow during the Premier League clash.Speaking on Monday, the Chelsea boss said: “Reece felt something in his hamstring against Newcastle.“[It’s a] really frustrating and disappointing one for us.“We don’t know the full extent of the injury, but it rules him out of tomorrow’s game.“With a hamstring injury, it’s never great, and for Reece, we can get him scanned and then we know more. We know what an important player he is and leader in the group – he’s our captain.”The news comes as a huge blow for Chelsea, with James having appeared to have put his fitness struggles behind him this term.Speaking after he signed his new Blues contract last week, he said: “I had to come through a lot, two or three years of struggles and setbacks.“I’m in a really good place at the moment. My body is feeling good, I’m playing on a regular basis, two or three games a week.”Liam Rosenior revealed Chelsea will be without their captain over a crucial periodGettyReece James has played over 20 Premier League games this season for the first time since the 2021/22 campaignGettyJames has missed just five games due to injury this season, and had played six of his Chelsea’s last seven games.And the right-back’s absence couldn’t have come at a worse time, with the Blues slipping to sixth in the Premier League after winning just one of their last five games.Meanwhile, they are looking to overturn a 5-2 deficit when they host PSG on Tuesday night in the Champions League.As well as being without James, Rosenior also revealed that right-back Malo Gusto and goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen could miss the clash. Race against time?While James’ injury could deal a major blow to Chelsea’s aspirations, it may also have a knock-on effect for England.The defender looked set to be named in Thomas Tuchel‘s squad for the World Cup, which must be named by FIFA’s deadline of May 30.GettyJames has featured six times for England since Thomas Tuchel took the reigns in January 2025[/caption]However, James will now miss the upcoming March friendlies against Uruguay and Japan.Depending on how long he is out for, he could find himself in a race against time to make a full recovery for this summer’s showpiece.But he is currently expected to be fit for the tournament.James will be desperate to avoid history repeating itself when it comes to major tournaments.He missed out on being selected for the 2022 World Cup due to a knee injury sustained a month before the squad was announced.Tuchel will be nervously awaiting an update on James’ progress, having brought James back into the England fold last year after a two-year absence from the international fold.