"He needs to discover this monster in him and unleash this on a regular basis because it is absolutely necessary," said Thomas Tuchel at the end of April when discussing Ruben Loftus-Cheek. "It is not enough to be just on the pitch.
"It might if you regard his last years, it may seem as a first step, good that he is a regular, but I am not happy because this is not enough. We cannot let him think it is enough, he needs to constantly push himself to the limit."
That's kind of been the story of Loftus-Cheek at Chelsea. There is clearly something there, the "monster" as Tuchel eluded to, and we've seen it numerous times over the year. It needs to be shown on a more regular basis, however, for the 26-year-old to take the much-needed next step forward.
