Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek is reportedly seeking to hold talks with the club in the coming days as he pushes to know his role under Maurizio Sarri this season, according to the Daily Mail.
The England international has been one of the most promising youngsters from the Blues academy in recent years, but was sent out on loan last season to Crystal Palace, where he picked up some of his best form.
This season, he faces a tough battle to steal a spot under Italian tactician Maurizio Sarri with the former Napoli head coach bringing with him Jorginho to London when he signed a few weeks ago. Jorginho, N’Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic are tipped to fill the three spots available in midfield.
Loftus-Cheek will fight with Ross Barkley, Cesc Fabregas and Danny Drinkwater for spots on the bench perhaps and that is pushing the 22-year old out of the club.
Sarri explained after the win over Arsenal why Loftus-Cheek failed to make the bench last weekend.
“It depends on the position on the pitch. I prefer to have on the bench two wingers, and only one midfielder.
So it depends on this. Not any other situation. I needed on the bench one goalkeeper, one full-back, one centre-back, maybe two midfielders and only one winger. But [in training on Friday] I preferred vice versa, two wingers and one midfielder.”
Maurizio Sarri, Daily Express
