Lampard opens up and announces Loftus-Cheek to be like new Chelsea signing

Frank Lampard hopes an injury-free Ruben Loftus-Cheek will be like a new signing for Chelsea next season.

We already have Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner on board for next term and tit is expected that we will seek to carry on spending over the summer in order to land a few new recruits – but Lampard expects one of his existing homegrown talents to enjoy a new lease of life.

Asked if a fully-fit Loftus-Cheek will be akin to a new recruit next season, Lampard replied on the club website: “I hope so. It’s difficult for Ruben right now, because of how long he’s had out, because of the stop-start of lockdown and the restart. But he’s worked really hard to get where he is right now. In terms of his body and his fitness, we have to give him a little bit of credit and time.

“These games now, he started against Norwich, he’s made little impacts along the way. It may look like that for him in these next few games. But what I want is a Ruben firing straight out the blocks for pre-season and next season.”

Loftus-Cheek is a really good player that has been plagued by injuries, so if he can stay free from that, he will surely start progressing at the level that many in the media are hoping he gets too.

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