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⚽ All the latest football news heading into the weekend⚽ Ten things to look out for | Football Daily | Email SimonChelsea have announced that Reece James has undergone “successful” and “minor” surgery on a knee injury sustained in training. “Reece has already begun his road to recovery and will be supported by the club’s medical department at Cobham during this rehabilitation phase,” the club wrote on social media.Newcastle head coach Matthias Jaissle says he is uninterested in dwelling on what might have been when highly-rated Aston Villa midfielder Johan Manzambi visits St James’ Park this weekend, writes the Press Association. Continue reading…

Chelsea have announced that Reece James has undergone “successful” and “minor” surgery on a knee injury sustained in training. “Reece has already begun his road to recovery and will be supported by the club’s medical department at Cobham during this rehabilitation phase,” the club wrote on social media. Newcastle head coach Matthias Jaissle says he is uninterested in dwelling on what might have been when highly-rated Aston Villa midfielder Johan Manzambi visits St James’ Park this weekend, writes the Press Association.

Manzambi looked set for a switch to Tyneside over the summer but the deal was hijacked as Villa swooped in to sign the Switzerland international, who has flourished during his short time in the midlands. The 21-year-old opened the scoring in Villa’s 6-0 Champions League rout of Fenerbahce in midweek and he could rub salt into his former suitors’ wounds when Newcastle welcome Unai Emery’s side on Saturday. But while Jaissle, who succeeded Eddie Howe after Manzambi