Chelsea midfielder Tariq Uwakwe says he's happy where he is.

Uwakwe has been linked with Swansea City and Hull City this month.

But he told chelseafc.com: "It's been a really tough year in terms of match minutes for me after being out for three months with a blood clot but now that I'm back I'm really enjoying my football, getting on the pitch and getting those 90 minutes back in - I'm really enjoying it.

"It's really hard [being out injured]. I'm just getting back into the swing of things. I'm trying to make it work as much as I can and I'm just trying to help the team out as much as possible."

Fellow midfielder George McEachran moved to SC Cambuur in his first loan move earlier this week and Uwakwe is pleased to see his team-mates take the next step in their careers.

"It's what we need, the next step," he stressed. "I'm happy that a couple of the boys get to go out and experience that. Obviously it does decrease the impact on the development team but that's what we want, we want players to come up from the Under-18s and start playing more minutes with the Under-23s. We want to see players making the next step on their journey."