The father of Chelsea youngster, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, has accused former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho of attempting to destroy his son's career despite admitting publicly that he is a promising talent. Trevor Loftus-Cheek in an interview with Dailymail accused Mourinho of judging players in 10 minutes stressing that the development has forced him to make serious mistake especially selling or resting talented players.
According to him “Jose Mourinho held him back. He should have been playing. Everyone behind the scenes was asking, “Why isn’t he playing?” If Ruben had been playing for Mauricio Pochettino, he’d have 70, 80, 90 first-team appearances by now.” Meanwhile, the player says though the past years have been challenging, there are no regrets because he learnt and understood himself mentally.
“Chelsea is a massive club and I understand that opportunities don’t come to everyone and don’t come often. For me, I would never want to rewind the time, because I learned a lot about myself mentally and I feel like I got mentally stronger. That period of two years was my journey and now I have got the chance to play.”
“When you don’t play you really feel the difference of what matches give you — the match sharpness, the fitness. It’s what you need to progress. It was hard not playing and having to try to be the best player on the pitch [when I did]. In these last two or three years I have had to be really patient.
“It was tough mentally at Chelsea, obviously not getting the game time. I had to be really patient and have the mentality to still train right and do all the right things. I believe that if you do all the right things, in time you will get your opportunities. Now I have the opportunity to play in the Premier League every week. That’s what I wanted and I will try to build on that.
“Mentally, [knowing you will play] takes the pressure off. At Palace I feel like a first-team player and I have got the opportunity to play every week. There are no guarantees but I have a better chance of playing, so being at Palace gives me the platform to learn and develop.”
The Chelsea midfielder who is currently on loan to Crystal Palace was awarded the Vauxhall Man of the Match award on his England debut against world champions Germany on Friday night. His sterling performance against the strong German side may guarantee him a place in the team as they confront Brazil on Tuesday.
