Chelsea have no intention of selling Reece James after Manchester City’s interest in the right-back.
The Premier League champions want to sign Harry Kane and Jack Grealish this summer but The Athletic claim they have also added James to their transfer list.
Chelsea’s interest in signing Achraf Hakimi has created some doubts over the 21-year-old being a regular under Thomas Tuchel next campaign.
However, talkSPORT claim Chelsea have told City that James is not for sale and he remains a key part of first-team plans at the club.
Speaking about his development under Tuchel, James said this month: ‘When a new manager comes in and you’re not in the team straight away you have to accept the decision.
‘You have to work hard, try and prove to the manager that you should be playing.
‘These moments come around quite often in football, things happen so fast and I didn’t really get advice off anyone.
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‘I just went into training, carried on working hard and when I got my opportunity I knew I had to take it.
‘At the start of the season we had Frank Lampard and I was very lucky to play the majority of the games under him but when our new manager came in our style of play and formation changed. It was a big learning curve.’
