Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku was supposedly advised not to do his Sky Italia interview that has caused such a stir.
The Belgium international is now apparently surprised by the big reaction the story has had, though he was apparently told that this could happen, but did the interview anyway.
That’s according to Dean Jones in the tweet below, with Chelsea fans unlikely to be too impressed with how their player has handled this, even if it is encouraging to see he’s not pushing for a transfer away from Stamford Bridge…
Lukaku intention wasn’t to start a push for a move away from Chelsea – am told he’s a bit surprised how brutal the fall out has been from the interview. He was advised not to do it for this very reason though.
— Dean Jones (@DeanJonesSoccer) January 3, 2022
Lukaku only joined Chelsea in the summer and has performed well for the Blues, even if not quite at his very best level that we saw in his two years at Inter Milan.
Thomas Tuchel dropped Lukaku for the game against Liverpool yesterday and it will be interesting to see if the club and the player can now repair their damaged relationship.
It’s surprising that Lukaku didn’t see this coming and one has to hope he’ll do better to listen to advice from those around him in the future.
A strong fan of Lukaku but I’ve resign my support.
I am a staunch Chelsea fan and I’m not disappointed in LUKAKU’s word. I like his honesty and we actually are frustrated of his luck of game time.
I just don’t like the way media has handled the situation.
honesty? explain to me honesty is speaking to your manager our team been struggling lately that was not needed it takes time for a new player to jell with the rest of the team
always was a player that talks too much
Frustrated maybe but theres no excuse for the way he handled his frustration. Hes a grown man not a baby throwing its toys out the pram
hazard often mentioned his “dream” to play for zidane. what has changed?
Lukaku is a good player but he needs to adapt to different types of playing styles, he saw tuchel’s style before accepting the offer, why complaining. Drogba was a striker and adapted to as many coaches that comes to chelsea during his time there as a striker. I love lukaku but his problem is he talks too much. His first time @chelsea he blamed Mourinho for let him go to Everton before mourinho reminded him he requested for permanent move away to Everton. He should control his mouth.
Chelsea play better football being a much mobile “team” without Lukaku. The pressing yesterday was excellent without Lukaku’s version which involves walking and just pointing at others to chase.
Lukaku? What has he Chelsea? We’ve been struggling sinse his arrival. We’re far better without him.
I am Sue Lukaku knew exactly what he was saying, the disrespect to Club, Manager & Fans can not be excused, Milan wanted the money over keeping him, he made out he wanted back to us, but I doubt his loyalty to anyone, if given an Olive Branch let your football do the talking in future Romelu, and show Chelsea some respect , UTC 💙
Rumelu! Why behaving like a child? Did u tell your coach the fomation you can exploit beta? Dont you know his pattan before signing for the clup? Must you speak to the public on what u can just discus with your coach? If a m a the coach, i can even relegate him to fielders team.
I regret his signing already. He’s being disrespectful to the clup, coach, fans nd footbal world.