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Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek has reportedly stepped up his return from injury by playing in a behind-closed-doors match on Tuesday.
According to The Athletic, the 24-year-old was on the field for an hour of the friendly at the Blues' Cobham training complex, with Brentford's B-team as the opposition.
It's said Loftus-Cheek felt "no ill effects" after the match. The England international has not been in action since May, when he ruptured his Achilles in a postseason friendly with the New England Revolution on their artificial turf field.