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RB Leipzig midfielder Ethan Ampadu: I want Chelsea future

RB Leipzig midfielder Ethan Ampadu insists he sees his future at parent club Chelsea.

The teenager played regularly for Wales in their qualifying campaign for Euro 2020 and has been getting more playing time at Leipzig recently after a difficult start to his loan spell in the Bundesliga.

However, the 19-year-old's main target is to make enough of an impression to merit his place in Chelsea's squad next year.

"I want to show I don't have to go on another loan, go back to Chelsea and hopefully play more minutes there. That's the aim. It's what I want to do," said the Welshman.

"At the moment, I have to train well, improve and get in the team and hopefully that will come for me for the next few years."

Having seen Tammy Abraham, Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori and Reece James play for the Blues under Lampard after going on loan last season, Ampadu believes he can also make the step up.

"There is positivity around Chelsea with all the younger players playing and it gives you a good feeling about it," he said.

"Even last year or the year before when it was supposed they weren't playing young players you always wanted to be the one.

"Because we're all the same age we want to see each other do well. Of course you want to be on the pitch. They are good players."

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