Ruben Loftus-Cheek has been my favorite Chelsea participant for a while now, and I’m gutted that he’s leaving to hitch AC Milan, really gutted.
It’s an excellent 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 completely satisfied 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 harm within the pointless pleasant in 2019, for me he’s all the time a participant that can convey you numerous on this league, purely for his physicality and technical means.
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 observe. He was majestic on the ball and used to glide previous gamers with ease, seeing defenders bouncing off him.
He’s a singular participant within the sense that he has unimaginable power and is nicely constructed, however he has super-fast ft and unimaginable shut ball management. There aren’t many gamers who can dribble with the ball like Ruben can, a minimum of gamers of his bodily stature.
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An academy lad as nicely in fact, which solely makes it much more painful. But it surely’s not like I wasn’t anticipating it; it was coming, and it’s greatest for all events actually despite the fact that personally I’d have stored him in our squad. A yr left on his contract, he must be an everyday starter, and he must reignite his profession.
He actually hasn’t failed at Chelsea, however when it comes to my very own expectations of a participant, he’s the one which acquired away and the one we by no means really acquired to see one of the best of for a sustained interval.
Ruben has spent the final 19 years at Chelsea, which is just unimaginable 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 objectives alongside the way in which. It’s actually not a failed profession right here.
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I’m adamant that if he performs frequently at Milan, then he’ll get higher and higher once more, and he nonetheless has age on his aspect. I may also see a push again into the England squad, which might be wonderful.
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 likely 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 might have been….
