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da gbg bet： Chelsea put a Watford side who have impressed thoroughly to the sword on Sunday, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek scoring the Blues opener – his eighth strike of the term in all competitions.
The midfielder seems to impress whenever Maurizio Sarri gives him the nod, which isn’t often, so it remains bemusing as to why the dynamic number 12 isn’t one of the first names on the team sheet.
However, he was certainly at the forefront of former boss Roy Hodgson’s mind while he was at Crystal Palace last year and BBC pundit Garth Crooks has stated in his weekly feature that thinks it was a big mistake for Loftus-Cheek not to remain at Selhurst Park:
“This is a lad I thought was better off staying at Crystal Palace on loan, playing every week and continuing his international development as a consequence of playing regularly. However the player decided to return to Chelsea – or more to the point, the club insisted he returned.
“Immediately his game time dropped, he lost all the momentum he gained from his time at Palace and he struggled to be the star his performances suggest he might be.”
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The 23-year-old was a huge hit at SE25 and a number of the Palace faithful were surely keen for him to stay beyond the expiry of his one-year loan deal, although the Blues were having none of it.
Clearly, the powerful midfielder has all the qualities to play for a top side but perhaps staying at Palace, where he would be a star and perhaps further his international career, would have been a better move than remaining at Chelsea and trying to fight for a future.
Wilfried Zaha has proved that you don’t need to be at a Manchester United or a Chelsea to earn recognition for your talents and the Ivorian is adored by everyone at Selhurst Park. Will Loftus-Cheek realise his mistake and make a beeline for the Eagles, or another club, in the summer? Let us know in the comments below, Palace fans, if you would be happy to see the Londoner back in red and blue.