The young midfielder has played just eight minutes of Premier League football this term and made two appearances in the League Cup.

Loftus-Cheek, 20, made his Chelsea debut in December 2014 but has yet to break into the side on a regular basis.

He appears to have fallen behind Nathaniel Chalobah in the pecking order - although neither have been able to break in with N'Golo Kante and Nemanja Matic in such good form.