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    The Situation with Romelu Lukaku at Chelsea
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    The Situation with Romelu Lukaku at Chelsea



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    When Romelu Lukaku sat down with Sky Italia and complained about his lack of minutes in the Chelsea team, he was dropped from the squad entirely. But what happened?

    The Athletic’s Italian Football Correspondent, James Horncastle, and The Athletic’s Chelsea Correspondent, Liam Twomey, sit down with Tifo’s JJ Bull to discuss what was said in the interview, what impact it had, and how Lukaku and Chelsea move forward.

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    Timestamps:
    00:00 Intro
    00:27 What happened?
    03:47 Why do the interview?
    05:05 Chelsea’s reaction
    12:49 Return to Inter?
    15:06 Why he left Inter
    22:14 Impact at Chelsea
    25:27 How to get the best out of Lukaku
    38:08 What happens now?

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    21 Comments

    10. @bacon3703 on

      United Fan here and there's always been 2 problems with Lukaku: His first touch, and his ego. No matter how many goals he had, you always felt like he could have scored more because he misses so many opportunities off the first touch. As far as ego, this guy seems to create drama everywhere he goes. United sold him because he was a cancer in the club, and he might have been booted too late because his attitude seems to have outlived his tenure as a player at the club. Props to Chelsea for managing Lukaku as well as they have, but it wouldn't surprise me if he's gone next season.

    17. @SDCLFC1 on

      Looks like they would work well as a 4-4-2.
      It makes you see why Pep and Klopp are so dedicated to 4 at the back because 3 at the back can provide some solutions, but it can also be limiting

    20. @samvangelder4201 on

      A bit late, but to add to the (after his world record 7 touches game) continuing debate about Lukaku: to quell any doubts if you can get Lukaku firing in an dominant possesson based attacking 3-4-3 like setup: Belgium under Martinez play quite a similar system to Chelsea and Tuchel, and Lukaku has absolutely thrived. Belgium play possesion based football, but they don't gegenpress and the defense drops a bit deeper. Lukaku has been Belgium's focal point off a front three with two inside forwards/attacking midfielders playing around him (Hazard and Mertens for years, both have now dwindled but Lukaku hasn't) and he has freedom to move wide, come deep, run at defence etc… . Belgium play attacking against minions, more balanced against big nations. Ofc Belgium haven't won an international tournamant, so Martinez isn't a tactical holy grail but he there is no reason Tuchel shouldn't be able to get him firing in a version off his own system.

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