AC MILAN have announced Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s arrival from Chelsea on a four-year deal.
The 10-cap England midfielder, 27, joins fellow Blues’ academy product Fikayo Tomori at the Italian giants.
AFPStamford Bridge academy product Ruben Loftus-Cheek is off to AC Milan[/caption]
Milan have reportedly paid around £15million as RLC bids to revive his injury-hit career.
He’s the latest of many ex-Chelsea youth players to depart over the past decade despite winning international honours.
It follows Manchester United agreeing a £60m transfer for Blues’ 24-year-old playmaker Mason Mount.
Loftus-Cheek’s new team-mate Tomori, 25, is another England ace eased out of Stamford Bridge by an influx of foreign buys.
Milan are also understood to be monitoring Chelsea winger Callum Hudson Odoi.
The Three Lions’ winger, 22, has also been linked with Fulham and Nottingham Forest.
Former Chelsea and Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud, 36, is also at Milan.
Stefano Pioli’s men finished a disappointing fourth in Serie A.
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For Loftus-Cheek, it’s surely a dream chance to see if he can fulfil his all-round potential.
All his England caps came in 2017 and 2018.
And he had again slipped to the fringes at Chelsea over the past year, following earlier loan spells with Crystal Palace and Fulham.