Chelsea are looking to send Ruben Loftus-Cheek out on loan next season, according to reports from the Daily Mail.

Loftus-Cheek, 21, is a very talented young player but he has had regular first team football at Chelsea hard to come by due to the presence of so many quality players ahead of him in the Stamford Bridge pecking order.

It is understood that in a bid to further his development in a first-team environment, the Blues will temporarily send Loftus-Cheek away season.

Stoke City and Brighton & Hove Albion are two clubs said to be interested in the England U21 international.