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Owen Hargreaves heaps praise on Ruben Loftus-Cheek after the former Chelsea midfielder nets twice for AC Milan in the Europa League... and advises EVERY player spend some time abroad away from Premier League 'scrutiny'

Owen Hargreaves lauded Ruben Loftus-Cheek's decision to move away from Chelsea after the midfielder struck twice in AC Milan's Europa League play-off tie against Rennes on Thursday evening.

The 28-year-old Blues academy graduate left his boyhood club after 19 years as part of the summer exodus from Stamford Bridge which saw a number of former first-team starters sold to offset the club's mammoth transfer window spending.

Loftus-Cheek has settled quickly in Milan and become a regular fixture under Stefano Pioli alongside fellow ex-Chelsea stars Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic, and Fikayo Tomori.