​Loftus-Cheek relishing Chelsea opportunities: I've had to be patient | OneFootball

Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek is happy to get more first team chances this season.

The all action central midfielder has been in and out of the starting lineup under Thomas Tuchel this term.

Having come back from a loan spell at Fulham last term, Loftus-Cheek may have been worried about his future at the Stamford Bridge club, but he is happy with how things are going.

He told reporters: "Obviously I've had to be patient and there's a lot of good players at Chelsea, especially in the midfield department. A few injuries and I've been put in and I have to be ready. I feel like I have been ready, I feel good physically, then it's about being able to step up, as a team and an individual. When players are injured you have to do a job, but I feel like I'm ready to do that.

"I'm really enjoying it, mainly because I'm on the pitch and playing a lot of football, which I haven't done in the past few seasons. So because of that I'm very grateful to be fit and to be able to play. Wherever I play I'm comfortable, I played deep in my younger days and I'm very much enjoying doing it again. It comes with different duties, but I'm enjoying it so I'm ready to play and I'm ready to play wherever the boss needs me."