Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson admits he'd like to re-sign Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

Loftus-Cheek worked with Hodgson at Palace last season.

"It's up in the air," he told the Daily Mail. "At the end of the day he belongs to Chelsea.

"If they decide to loan him out again we will be first in line with the begging bowl.

"But right now there is no intimation that they are thinking of doing that. We've made it clear to them and to Ruben that we would love to work with him again.

"It will be a long shot I fear because I think he's so good, and I think he may show that in this World Cup. He will go back to Chelsea and they will be very happy with what they have got."