Romelu Lukaku still has three years left on his current Chelsea deal and is set to return to the club from his loan spell at Inter Milan this summer. So with the Blues so short of goals and Lukaku at a crossroads in his career, would another reunion actually make sense? This is a clip from Tuesday’s show featuring Liam Twomey, Adam Crafton and Mark Chapman…
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28 Comments
Sums up Chelsea perfectly 😂😂😂
Based on your statements, one can see that people at your company have been observers for many years and didn’t play high level team sports.
Lukaku’s mindset is ante-Chelsea, it is not a game of Fifa Career mode, the player’s attitude needs to be right for him to produce his level best.
Bayern??! With Tuchel as manager! 😂
The team has to carry him. And he's not light 😅
Chappers doing his best Klopp impression there!
Todd Boehly isn’t going to choose the best manager for the players he has. That’s a fact
Lukaku ain’t Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo or even prime Hazard to build a team around him and sacrifice the identity of a champions league wining team. Look at city. Pep didn’t change his tiki taka identity to suit Haaland. Haaland had to change and city made some changes too to the way they play but not completely revamp everything and Lukaku is no way near Haaland.
Apparently he’s world class I keep getting told but he can only in one system and one way of playing, any other way he’s as good as a lump. But he’s world class and btw any striker in modern games needs to run and press which Lukaku just doesn’t do
I'd like to see him do well at Chelsea, but his attitude stinks – Inter fans will agree this season.
You have to be totally ignorant to believe that Chelsea will ever accept Lukaku again. Its not the Chelsea way
Chelsea did what?😂
At least we didn't have to listen to the guy on the left say dates wrong.
Any manager not looking to maximize Enzo would be a stupid manager. On the ball and in terms of decision making he is levels above the rest in that squad.
You cant rely on him to score when its really needed. When we had him at United he would alsways score the 2nd or 3rd goal.
Chelsea fans still can’t understand why they sold Tammy? Nonsense the whole fanbase was willing to sacrifice him for lukaku
He has been reliable goal scorer for past decade…you sure bud?😂😂
Lukaku back at Chelsea is a nightmare for both parties. As a fan I don’t want his toxicity anywhere near the team. Ship him off to Saudi Arabia and let the new manager pick his own striker
Weghorst really??
Alvarez from man city is one of the best strikers that chelsea should sign. He is young, fast and hungry. Someone whose going to help the club success for the future
I have been saying this. It makes sense financially and given the squad is half new with a new manager I don't see why it shouldn't be tried. The only reason its controversial is because loud kids on twitter want to sign Osimhen for 150m. Insane world
He needs a better nutrition plan as he loves his grub and needs suck it up and play for his “favourite club”
I guess my contention with this conversation is that it DID work for a period of time. Short as it was. Beginning of last season when everyone was healthy, Mount havertz and Lukaku were the front three and Chelsea were very briefly top of the league. The Sky Italia interview ruined everything and after that injuries followed and the season tanked
the main concern is how he gels with the squad. it truly felt like Tuchel and the rest of the club froze him out as soon as that interview about missing Inter was released. multiple injuries since then have compounded how far he's fallen, but i do feel like a lot of managers would enjoy having an imposing 9 getting on the end of chances, and that's what Chelsea need more than almost anything. oddly enough, i could see Nkunku being quite a good pairing with Rom. Nkunku's game is sooo complete, he's such a dynamic forward, i could see Lukaku benefitting from being a target man for him.
Liam Twomey at 5:00 sums up Lukaku and Chelsea so eloquently
Thought klopp was part of the podcast for a moment
Lautaro had 2 bad months, as he usually has, but actually his overall has been good.
Make the same mistake 3 times?
All due respect but adam is giving a great example of a "shit-eating grin", surely thinking about how much of a joke chelsea are. He's loving it