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Loftus-Cheek's possible future destinations revealed – leaving England among the options

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It's quite possible that the Blues loan the player out either to 

Last season, the 25-year-old midfielder scored one goal in 32 appearances for the relegated 

'This is where I hit the ground running': Loftus-Cheek opens up on his fitness levels

 with the midfielder going through pre-season with the rest of the squad. 

A large part of him not being able to fulfill his potential was the various injuries that took their toll on his body. 

Loftus-Cheek spoke about his health to chelseafc.com, saying: "I feel really fit now and strong, and hopefully the injuries stay away. 

"Last season was my first full injury-free season which is a massive positive for me, because I always used to get niggles.

"Even though I was fit I’d be out for a week or a couple of days, miss a couple of matches, but last season was good for my body to be fit every training session and available for every game.

"I had last season as a season where I can find my feet and it definitely felt like that at the start. I was struggling mentally and needed to focus on just taking risks in training and get that feel back.

"But it eventually came and I was doing really well in games, so I’ve had my injury and I’ve had a season now to get fit and feel confident in my body and this season is where I hit the ground running."

Loftus-Cheek's confidence is certainly admirable but it remains to be seen if he can back up his words. 

Health is only one aspect of it and with Chelsea taking on the highest expectations, he will be expected to do more than just be available.

Barkley and Loftus-Cheek expected to leave this summer (reliability: 4 stars)

 are back at Chelsea after loan spells at 

However, it would seem that their time away did not really improve their standing within the squad.

James Robson of the Evening Standard reports that the duo are likely to leave Chelsea this season.

They could be offloaded on a loan or permanent deals - the latter depends on of buyers can be found and if good offers come for the midfield duo.

Neither Barkley or Loftus-Cheek really impressed with their loan spells as they combined for just 4 goals and 1 assist in 48 combined appearances in the 

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I really feel for this guy..
Injury really took the shines off him.

MelodyMaker

much talent...hope he comes good no matter where he plays

Moses15

Sadly, one goal in thirty two appearances is not a great statistic. As talented as RLC may be, he’s not producing.

Player		G
Erling Haaland	Man City	27
Cole Palmer	Chelsea	22
Alexander Isak	Newcastle	21
Ollie Watkins	Aston Villa	19
Philip Foden	Man City	19

Loftus-Cheek's possible future destinations revealed – leaving England among the options

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