AC Milan star Ruben Loftus-Cheek has admitted to lastly feeling ‘free’ following his summer season swap from Chelsea.
The midfielder spent just below 20 years on the Blues by which he rose by their academy ranks and into the first-team image.
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Loftus-Cheek loved a superb 2018/19 marketing campaign earlier than an achilles harm prevented his Chelsea profession from actually taking off.
He did not stake his declare as an necessary participant for the aspect after his harm and left for Milan in June, a transfer that is confirmed helpful.
The ten-cap England worldwide has began in six of their eight Serie A matches this season and it is clear that Loftus-Cheek is having fun with his soccer out in Italy.
“At Chelsea I felt like a caged animal,” he informed La Gazzetta dello Sport. “I did not play as a lot as I needed and when it occurred I performed in positions the place I could not specific myself.
“Right here, nonetheless, I’ve a free thoughts, I play as a midfielder as I like and it is like being a toddler once more, after we performed with out worries.
“If the entire staff has this sense, nice issues might be achieved: even successful the championship. We really feel like the perfect.”
Loftus-Cheek, a pure midfielder, featured at proper wing-back for Chelsea, doing so below the reign of Thomas Tuchel.
The German additionally opted to play him at centre-back of their FA Cup fifth spherical tie away at Luton in 2022.
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Throughout his Blues profession he had spells on mortgage at Crystal Palace and Fulham earlier than shifting completely to Italy in the summertime.
Since then he has scored one purpose and assisted one other two, with the 27-year-old already feeling proper at house in Milan.
Loftus-Cheek can also be joined by three different former Chelsea stars within the Italian metropolis in Olivier Giroud, Fikayo Tomori and Christian Pulisic.
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