Ruben Loftus-Cheek seeks to 'kick on' with Chelsea

Ruben Loftus-Cheek is planning to stay at Chelsea next season and hoping to ‘kick on’ and feature more often after regaining confidence in his body and earning the trust of his Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel.

That will not be the news clubs who have been monitoring Loftus-Cheek’s situation and keen to offer him more regular football would want to hear.

A number of sides including Jose Mourinho’s Roma, Everton and West Ham have weighed up moves for midfielder Loftus-Cheek in recent months.

And following Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final victory against Crystal Palace, in which Loftus-Cheek scored Chelsea’s deadlock breaking opener, Eagles chairman Steve Parish confirmed they will try and re-sign Conor Gallagher from the Stamford Bridge club but also floated the idea of another move for Loftus-Cheek.

Parish said: ‘I'm sure at the end of the season, Conor will work out what he thinks the best thing for him is and that will that will be the catalyst for it.

‘Once we get to the season, we’ll worry about all that and obviously if there's an opportunity to get him or Loftus-Cheek who scored the first goal then of course.’

Loftus-Cheek has already enjoyed a season-long loan spell at Selhurst Park, a campaign in which he played regularly in the Premier League and his form led to him being called up to England’s 2018 World Cup squad.

His following season was ended by a serious Achilles injury that kept him out for over a year, one of a number of setbacks that have stalled his progress.

Tuchel explained how the stop-start nature of his career has affected the 26 year-old’s confidence in his body and Loftus-Cheek said: ‘He’s right, it’s hard when you haven’t played for a while.

‘It’s hard to have the confidence to come back and just hit the