‘He should be the next Yaya Toure’ – Rio Ferdinand hails Chelsea star
According to reports, Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has reserved massive praise for Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
However, Loftus-Cheek has been enjoying game time for Chelsea in recent weeks, and has played almost everywhere for Chelsea – as a centre-back, a right wing-back, a central midfielder and an attacking midfielder.
Rio Ferdinand has hailed Loftus-Cheek’s form, and believes he can be like Yaya Toure. Rio has urged Thomas Tuchel to find a defined role for Loftus-Cheek, so he can grow from there.
Ferdinand said: “He should be like Yaya (Toure),”
“You know, I’ve seen him play in defence this season and he looked super comfortable. The manager is starting to trust him and you’re starting to see a different Ruben Loftus-Cheek now. You can sense trust. He was top of a lot of the data lists for this game (against West Ham).
“I think he is somebody who they need to find a defined role for him now in this team and let him go say go on go and do you stuff. Now grow into (that role) make some demands of him I want more goals, I want more assists.