England World Cup latest: Reece James in race to be fit for quarter-final clash with Norway to ease right-back crisis

England’s medics are working hard on Reece James in the hope that he may be able to help England’s right-back crisis and play some part in the World Cup quarter-final against Norway on Saturday.

As things stand, it is touch and go whether his hamstring problem will allow him to feature at all in Miami, but with so few options on the right side of defence, James's treatment is being fast-tracked to try to get him ready.

The Chelsea full-back has not trained with his England team-mates in the US since he strained his hamstring in the second group game against Ghana a fortnight ago, but instead of leaving the squad, he decided to stay in the hope of being fit for the latter stages of the tournament.

He did take part in the warm-up in the Azteca Stadium on Sunday, raising hopes he is on the mend. And Thomas Tuchel has such significant problems at right-back, James has to be considered.

In five games at this World Cup, England have used six different right backs.