Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard is set to give Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek a new role at the club when he returns from injury, according to The Sun.
Loftus-Cheek, who is expected to miss Chelsea’s clash against Norwich City on Saturday in the Premier League, ruptured his Achilles in the Blues’ friendly against the New England Revolution back in May.
The England international is expected to return to full fitness in late November.
However, Lampard is already giving serious considerations to deploying the 23-year-old upfront in the midfield when he returns from injury.
Lampard is a huge admirer of Loftus-Cheek.
The 41-year-old spoke vividly about the midfielder while working as a pundit for the BBC during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Lampard said: “Ruben is someone I know really well from when he was coming through the youth ranks at Chelsea.
“Straight away he made an impression because of his physical attributes, but he knew how to play too – he had great ability and even then he could drift past people on the ball.
“He does that even better now, with his pace and power when he is running at you, which makes him different from a lot of modern-day midfield players – and puts fear into the opposition that they do not usually have.”
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