{"id":617567,"date":"2022-09-06T16:50:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T20:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=617567"},"modified":"2022-09-06T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T21:04:31","slug":"reece-james-signs-new-chelsea-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/06\/reece-james-signs-new-chelsea-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Confirm Long Term Contract With Real Madrid Transfer Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SJohnsonSport\/status\/1565999167436214272?t=CwG66CNTprmAeafnjVRoVQ&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Simon Johnson<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of The Athletic,\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reece James\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">has agreed terms with\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/04\/chelsea-transfer-window-graded-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0over a new long-term contract, making him the highest-paid defender in the club&#8217;s history.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Agree Long Term Contract With Reece James<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reece James has signed a 5-year contract with Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>He&#39;s blue through and through \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MOLXj4BMme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/MOLXj4BMme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/1566746352746479617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Real Madrid&#8217;s Interest In Reece James<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea has confirmed a new six-year deal with defender James in an\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/article\/new-long-term-deal-for-james\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">official club statement<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/25\/uk-government-todd-boehly-chelsea-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Boehly-Clearlake<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0regime had made contract negotiations with the 22-year-old one of their\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11180965\/Reece-James-set-commit-Chelsea-five-year-deal.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">top priorities<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0since the completion of the take-over.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/06\/chelsea-vision-2030-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8216;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/06\/chelsea-vision-2030-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">s Overhaul of Academy Football<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/chelsea-fc\/transfer-news\/reece-james-chelsea-contract-negotiations-24428911\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">negotiations for a new contract<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0were seemingly accelerated as\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/30\/real-madrid-are-interested-in-midfielder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Real Madrid<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0were reportedly waiting to pounce on the player&#8217;s availability in 2023. According to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/es\/noticias\/reece-james-objetivo-2023\/blt74f36933207d9075\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Goal Espa\u00f1a<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, the La Liga giants identified the Chelsea player as a replacement for Dani Carvajal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">New Deal at the Stamford Bridge<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Cobham Academy graduate is set to continue at his boyhood club for six more seasons. He has been a revelation for the Blues since his first-team debut. His\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/05\/29\/chelsea-news-rio-ferdinand-hails-immense-reece-james-man-city-final-win-14675414\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">immense performance<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in the 2021 Champions League final against\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/06\/uefa-fine-eight-clubs-ffp-breaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester City<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0was the catalyst for his heightened reputation in English football.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey Blues,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m so happy to have extended my stay at a place that I can call home.<\/p>\n<p>The journey to this point hasn\u2019t been easy, but I didn\u2019t quit. <\/p>\n<p>Use this as your inspiration, if I can achieve my dream you can achieve yours. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for your continued support.<\/p>\n<p>RJ \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lVfgbOldLM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/lVfgbOldLM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reece James (@ReeceJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReeceJames\/status\/1566798349566631945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When quizzed on a potential move to Real Madrid, the defender told\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/av\/football\/62143987\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">BBC Sport<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: &#8220;I\u2019d like to think [my future is at Stamford Bridge]. I grew up as a Chelsea fan and you know I made my name playing for Chelsea, the club I\u2019ve always supported but I don\u2019t see why anything would change. I play for Chelsea now and I\u2019m enjoying it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">James has already racked up over 100 appearances for the Blues and with this new long-term contract, he will surely increase that tally in the coming years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He has established himself as a vital part of Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s side. He has improved the defensive side of his game immensely over the last 12-18 months, where he uses his physical stature to ease his opponents off the ball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">James reads the game superbly from a defensive and attacking point of view. He has one of the best deliveries from wide areas in world football. He is comfortable in possession and very rarely gets caught out. He&#8217;s deceptively fast and is more than adept at playing in midfield, where his impressive array of passing stands out.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0Simon Johnson\u00a0of The Athletic,\u00a0Reece James\u00a0has agreed terms with\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0over a new long-term contract, making him the highest-paid defender in the club&#8217;s history. Chelsea Agree Long Term Contract With Reece James Reece James has signed a 5-year contract with Chelsea. He&#39;s blue through and through \ud83d\udc99 pic.twitter.com\/MOLXj4BMme &mdash; ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) September 5, 2022 Real Madrid&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4302,"featured_media":617679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1662208380","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Reece James New Deal","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1366,11,30,3,7188],"tags":[7508,3571],"class_list":["post-617567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-madrid","category-chelsea","category-news","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-news","tag-reece-james"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4302"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}