Ruben Loftus-Cheek suffered an achilles injury towards the end of last season and the player is yet to return back to full recovery.
The player has so far missed 36 games for Chelsea across all competitions but during the past couple of days, the midfielder has returned back to full training for the Blues.
Chelsea have updated the news on their social media profiles but their manager was quick to urge the fans not to pin their hopes on a rapid comeback since Ruben Loftus-Cheek still needs time to return back to full fitness.
Back with the ⚽️ at his feet!@Rubey_LCheek 🤩 pic.twitter.com/QwhGPLPkoi
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 24, 2020
The manager said as reported by Goal: “Of course, we’ve missed a player [Loftus-Cheek] of that level and it is nice and put a smile on everyone’s face on Friday because he is popular with his team-mates too.
“A smile on everyone’s face to see him back.
”It was the first day with us fully on Friday and it was a light session so that suited him. He has a fair way to go still, and I’m not pessimistic there. He just needs a full week training with us first, a tough week.
”Then he will need some U23 games, and again I think the break comes at a nice time for him to work and we’ll gauge it the other side of that break and see where he is. It might be too early [to face Leicester in the U23’s on Friday].
”The week’s training is the important thing because he hasn’t had that at first-team level. Then we will consider the games after that.
“I think you will miss Ruben; I don’t care who you are. You’ll miss his abilities.
“His natural physique, his ability to move the ball well and score the goals like he did last season, that has to be a big part of his game as well.”
It is still unclear as to when Ruben Loftus-Cheek will make a competitive comeback but one thing’s for sure that he will play before the end of the current season.
And his return will be nothing short of a new signing for Frank Lampard since last season, he managed 10 goals and five assists in 40 games for the Blues across all competitions.
