GdS: Loftus-Cheek hoping to put injury-plagued season behind him – he has Allegri’s belief

Ruben Loftus-Cheek had a difficult 2024-25 season due to injuries, but he is hoping to be someone Massimiliano Allegri can count on.

As La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanPress) reports, Loftus-Cheek is one of the few players that hasn’t been linked with a summer exit, and that is because Allegri has made it clear that he believes in the midfielder.

Now, the Englishman is called upon to step up his game to carve out a prominent place for himself in the ‘new Milan’. Loftus-Cheek is coming off a very disappointing season, plagued by injuries and sub-par performances, and that means he isn’t considered a starter for the coming season.

His aim is to find as much playing time as possible and he has a good chance of doing so, given his characteristics are quite unique in the squad. Allegri has always appreciated physically strong midfielders who can carry the ball, so he’ll certainly have no problem playing him.

The main crux is whether avoid the many injuries that he suffered last year, which playing only one game a week (barring Coppa Italia weeks) will help. However, the new trio of Samuele Ricci, Luka Modric and Ardon Jashari should be the starting trio, even if – as RLC himself admitted – competition is healthy