Fulham midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek says he sees his future with parent club Chelsea.
With rising competition after the club spent £220million in the summer, he sought a move away to regain his confidence.
"We had an honest conversation. I was the one who initiated it," Loftus-Cheek told The Sun.
"I felt like it was paramount that I played a lot of football this season.
"With the strength in depth at Chelsea and how I was feeling, I was not sure being out for so long that when I had the opportunity that I could play fantastically and hold down a place in the starting XI.
"I was not 100 per cent I could do that, because I need to build my confidence back up."
He added: "I believe in my ability 100 per cent. This is obviously not a permanent move [to Fulham].
"This is a platform for me to go and express myself and find that form that was showing a couple of seasons ago.
"I believe in my ability, and we will see where that takes me."
