Ruben Loftus-Cheek to reject Schalke loan to fight for Chelsea midfield spot
• German club want England international to replace Max Meyer• Milan sign Tiémoué Bakayoko on season loan from ChelseaRuben Loftus-Cheek is set to reject the chance to move to the Bundesliga club Schalke on a season-long loan, with the midfielder determined to force his way into the Chelsea first-team.The England player, so impressive on his one-year stay at Crystal Palace last term, made a point of returning early to Cobham for pre-season training after his World Cup exertions in order to impress the new head coach, Maurizio Sarri. Loftus-Cheek determined in Russia that, having earned eight caps over the past 10 months, he would fight for a ...