Chelsea starlet reveals strategy to beating Eden Hazard and Oscar to regular starting spot

RUBEN LOFTUS-CHEEK claims he must play a waiting game if he is going to get a regular starting spot for Chelsea.

00:03, Thu, Oct 15, 2015 Updated: 00:21, Thu, Oct 15, 2015

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Ruben Loftus-Cheek has yet to forge a regular starting spot at Chelsea

The 19-year-old midfielder has been limited to just 17 minutes of Premier League football for the Blues this term.

Though Oscar, Eden Hazard and Willian are all ahead of him in the pecking order, Loftus-Cheek is happy to bide his time.

"Anyone wants to play but I realise I'm at a top club and opportunities don't come around often," Loftus-Cheek said.

"So I have to be patient and I have full trust in the manager to do whatever is right for me and the team.

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Eden Hazard has been indispensable to Chelsea these past few seasons

"I will just go along with Jose. I don't want anyone to play badly for me to get a game.

"I want it the other way, that they're at their best because that pushes me even more to play and that's how football should be."