Ruben Loftus-Cheek is hoping his versatility will improve his possibilities of making it into England’s World Cup squad.
Loftus-Cheek was yesterday handed a surprise call up by Thomas Tuchel, nearly seven years since his final Three Lions look in 2018.
The 29-year-old was an everyday beneath Tuchel at Chelsea earlier than the German was sacked and Loftus-Cheek departed for AC Milan, with whom he has endured a irritating time with accidents.
He has performed within the Rossoneri’s first two Serie A video games of the season, although, and scored in Friday’s 2-0 win at Lecce.
That objective got here attributable to his involvement as an attacking midfielder beneath Max Allegri whereas he featured at proper wing-back whereas enjoying for Tuchel at Stamford Bridge.
“I’m able to play completely different positions. Since I used to be at AC Milan I’ve performed loads larger and near the striker to get targets and assist the group within the remaining third,” mentioned Loftus-Cheek.
“Beneath Tuchel I performed loads deeper. I’m able to do this and with issues that may occur in a event, being versatile is an efficient factor. With regards to that I’m blissful to play wherever for the group and do my greatest in any place.”
Loftus-Cheek assured Tuchel was monitoring his progress
Loftus-Cheek flourished beneath Tuchel at Chelsea and admitted he knew he can be on the radar if he carried out effectively at San Siro.
He added: ”When Tuchel got here to Chelsea, I used to be nonetheless on my mortgage at Fulham and this was the yr after my harm. I had a yr to really feel myself once more.
“I didn’t know an excessive amount of about him [Tuchel] as a supervisor after I got here again. I did pre-season with Chelsea and that’s once we spoke about enjoying wing-back. I additionally performed centre-back for one sport and right-wing again so quite a lot of positions for him.
“After working with him, I do know that he is aware of me as a participant so I assumed that if I used to be doing effectively, I’d have an opportunity. I knew the supervisor can be holding tabs on the gamers enjoying overseas so I assumed I’d get a shout.”
England tackle Andorra at Villa Park on Saturday earlier than a visit to Serbia three days later.
