What could have been for Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Chelsea – Talk Chelsea

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has been my favorite Chelsea participant for a while now, and I’m gutted that he’s leaving to affix AC Milan, really gutted.

It’s a terrific transfer for him, and I do know he’ll completely mild it up at Milan, this transfer proper now fits him right down to the bottom. I’m blissful for him, however once more, gutted to see that he’s gone.

I’d have truly prolonged his contract and stored him in our squad, purely as a result of he’s so versatile and is ideal for squad depth. I additionally nonetheless suppose he is an efficient participant.

While he hasn’t been the identical participant since his severe damage within the pointless pleasant in 2019, for me he’s all the time a participant that can convey you a large number on this league, purely for his physicality and technical capability.

On his day, in his heydays in 2018, when he completely bossed it for England on the World Cup, there wasn’t many higher midfielders to look at. He was majestic on the ball and used to glide previous gamers with ease, seeing defenders bouncing off him.

He’s a novel participant within the sense that he has unbelievable energy and is nicely constructed, however he has super-fast ft and unbelievable shut ball management. There aren’t many gamers who can dribble with the ball like Ruben can, not less than gamers of his bodily stature.

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An academy lad as nicely after all, which solely makes it much more painful. However it’s not like I wasn’t anticipating it; it was coming, and it’s finest for all events actually regardless that personally I’d have stored him in our squad. A yr left on his contract, he must be a daily starter, and he must reignite his profession.

He definitely hasn’t failed at Chelsea, however by way of my very own expectations of a participant, he’s the one which received away and the one we by no means really received to see the most effective of for a sustained interval.

Ruben has spent the final 19 years at Chelsea, which is just unbelievable this point in time. He joined the membership academy in 2004, and have become a senior in 2014. He went on to make 155 appearances in all competitions for us, scoring 13 targets alongside the best way. It’s definitely not a failed profession right here.

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I’m adamant that if he performs repeatedly at Milan, then he’ll get higher and higher once more, and he nonetheless has age on his facet. I can even see a push again into the England squad, which might be superb.

I’m all the time membership over any participant and that’s how I’ll keep. However Ruben is one uncommon participant who I will probably be following on his profession as soon as he leaves us. He’s been a unbelievable Chelsea lad, and I’ll all the time actually take pleasure in watching him play the sport.

Thanks, Rubes and good luck! What may have been….