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James was substituted after 30 minutes of Colombia’s 1-0 win over Senegal on Thursday with muscle pain in his left calf.

He missed training on Friday and Saturday and was expected to be a major doubt for Tuesday’s meeting with England (7pm).

But the Colombia Football Federation have now given an update on the injury.

“An MRI was done on James Rodriguez, which showed the result of minor swelling with no muscle tear on his right soleus,” a statement read.

That doesn’t mean the James will be fit to face England in Moscow.

Colombia boss Jose Pekerman had admitted following the Senegal victory that he was concerned over the injury to Bayern star James.

“The situation is tough for the team — it is not an easy situation,” Pekerman said after the game.

“He trained normally up until yesterday and even yesterday he stayed after practice, as he always does, taking extra shots, free kicks, penalties.

“He has been in optimum conditions for all the recent training sessions and at the last, we had no indication he was in any pain.

“Now, sincerely, I honestly don’t know how he is.”

James was Golden Boot winner at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with his goal against Uruguay earning the Puskas award for best goal of the year.

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