“I am just focussing on Chelsea, going out there every game and doing my best. There is an opportunity there – that is football. There is a whole load of competition, a lot of strikers scoring goals, like Marcus Rashford and Danny Ings.
“It wouldn’t bother me if Jamie Vardy came back from retirement – hopefully I would still be there . He is a talented striker, one of the players I have grown up admiring.
“I am always ambitious. It’s always at the back of my mind. Growing up I always wanted to play for England, and now I have the opportunity , so I will try to grab it with both hands. But there is more pressure being Chelsea’s no9.”
James, like this Chelsea side, is not the finished article, and a pair of defensive errors almost handed Burnley a first half goal. But he recovered, and going forward he is a real threat.