Your morning Chelsea digest on Monday, November 20.

Reece James' captaincy problems

Reece James has opened up on his experience thus far as Chelsea captain. The 23-year-old was given the armband in the summer following the departure of Cesar Azpilicueta, but the start of his season has been riddled with injury problems.

After suffering an injury a few days after Chelsea's draw with Liverpool in the opening game of the season, James was consequently sidelined for over two months. The England international, though, made his comeback in the 2-2 draw with Arsenal towards the end of last month and has looked in fine form since coming back.

"The captaincy has been great, but it was difficult when I wasn’t fit because it is hard to affect things as much when I’m not with the group all the time," James said to Chelsea's official website. "Thiago [Silva] probably helps me the most whenever I’m unsure, or I feel like I need advice on something. He is nearly old enough to be my dad! So he is the person I go to.

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Todd Boehly's Chelsea strategy warning

Manchester United are said to have enlisted the services of American recruitment firm Pace in order to identify a new talent scout for young players as Sir Jim Ratcliffe looks to compete with Todd Boehly and Chelsea.

The 71-year-old, who is reportedly worth over $22billion (£18.5billion), finally looks set to join Red Devils as his move to purchase a 25% stake in the club nears completion after a lengthy saga that almost saw the entire club sold to Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim. Ultimately though, the Glazer family will retain a 52% majority stake in the club, with Ratcliffe coming in to oversee the footballing operations at Old Trafford.

It's not the first time Ratcliffe has tried to get involved in the Premier League though, having previously been linked with a potential takeover at Chelsea in 2018 before registering a late offer for the club in 2022 as well. However, he'd be beaten by Boehly and those at Clearlake Capital and BlueCo., but is set to use his staggering $35billion portfolio in order to revamp Man United.

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John Terry tells Mauricio Pochettino key stars to rely upon

Former Chelsea captain and club legend John Terry has named three players that Mauricio Pochettino must rely upon as his side look to climb the Premier League table.

The Blues suffered a rocky start to the season where they've been hampered with injuries and poor results - losses to Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and West Ham meant much of the early period of the campaign has been spent languishing in the bottom half of the table.

However, the side has seen somewhat of a resurgence since the start of September - a Carabao Cup win over Brighton has appeared to catapult Pochettino's men into action-mode. Since then, they've lost just one of their last eight and have taken five points from a possible nine against three of the top four teams in the league.

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