England midfielder Loftus-Cheek, who has been injured since May, is still recovering from surgery on his Achilles. But Chelsea boss Frank Lampard admits his return has been hampered by the suspension of the Premier League.
Lampard said: “It is a bit frustrating because we had just got to the stage where Ruben was looking like he might be ready to play soon. “So that match fitness thing we were looking for, we’ve kind of lost that.” Loftus-Cheek had just started stepping up his rehab with a series of appearances for Chelsea’s Under 23s when football shut down because of the coronavirus outbreak.
But Lampard claimed the extra time off could actually benefit injured trio N’Golo Kante, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Christian Pulisic.
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