Matty: I've No Time To Worry!

ONE club seems not to want him and the other would like him but can’t afford him.

- Ben Baker

But, while an uncertain summer seems to be looming for Matty James, the midfielder has learned over recent seasons not to worry too much about the future and to live for the here and now.

Having helped Leicester City to promotion from the Championship in 2014, James featured heavily in the club’s first season back in the Premier League, only to rupture his anterior cruciate ligaments in May 2015.

The injury forced him to watch from the sidelines as Leicester shocked the world and won the Premier League the very next season.

This term, he managed just a minute in England’s top flight, with a minor cameo off the bench in a 4-2 win over Manchester City in December.

Fixture

That led James to look else where for regular football and the following month he joined high-flying Barnsley on loan until the end of the season, filling the sizeable boots left by Conor Hourihane’s departure for Aston Villa.

Despite almost a year and a half out of action, James slotted in well at Barnsley, instantly becoming a regular fixture in the starting XI and scoring his first goal in almost four years in a 2-1 loss at Derby County last month.