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Ruben Loftus-Cheek is the second English player at AC Milan after ex-Chelsea team-mate Fikayo Tomori
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AC Milan new boy Ruben Loftus-Cheek says frustration at the way he was being used by Chelsea was the trigger for his \u00a315m summer move.<\/p>\n

He has signed a four-year contract with Milan and is set to be joined\u00a0by former Blues team-mate Christian Pulisic.<\/p>\n

Loftus-Cheek, 27, had been with Chelsea for almost two decades.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI love the club and the fans but I wasn\u2019t feeling content with the amount I was playing and the positions I was playing in,\u201d the midfielder said.<\/p>\n

He scored seven goals in 155 appearances and won the Premier League twice, as well as the Europa League, during his time at the club.<\/p>\n

However, his 33 appearances last term included only 19 top-flight starts as Chelsea finished in a disappointing 12th spot and he did not see a future at the club in his preferred role as a box-to-box midfielder.<\/p>\n

The England international said: \u201cI felt I had more to give but I wasn\u2019t getting the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel good physically and am playing some really good football. It was a good time to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Loftus-Cheek\u2019s first taste of life as an AC Milan player is set to come in the United States later this month when the club embark on a high-profile pre-season tour that includes matches against Spanish heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona, either side of an all-Serie A meeting with Juventus in Los Angeles on 27 July.<\/p>\n

Visiting the US will bring back memories for the Lewisham-born player given he got his first taste of senior action in the country during a post-season tour with Chelsea in a match that broke new ground at the iconic Yankee Stadium baseball arena in 2013.<\/p>\n

It was also the country where Loftus-Cheek\u2019s career was derailed in 2019 when he suffered a major Achilles injury that kept him out for 11 months, and which he now describes as the worst moment of his career.<\/p>\n

Loftus-Cheek spoke to another former Chelsea team-mate, Fikayo Tomori, who moved to AC Milan in 2021, before signing, and he is already looking forward to the arrival of USA winger Pulisic.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has huge talent,\u201d said Loftus-Cheek. \u201cHe is dynamic, quick and can score goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the lockdown period, under Frank Lampard, he was incredible and if he can reproduce that again, he would be a top addition to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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