Romelu Lukaku Sends Strong Message To Chelsea Football Club (SEE WHAT HE SAID)

Romelu Lukaku Sends Strong Message To Chelsea Football Club

Romelu Lukaku has recently expressed his frustrations with Chelsea, revealing that he felt restricted in his playing style during his time at the club. He compared his situation to that of Didier Drogba, suggesting that he was seen as a player who could only perform within a limited scope, almost as if he were “in a box.”

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Lukaku began his career at Chelsea as a promising young attacker but was loaned out to Everton when it became evident that he wasn’t part of the team’s plans. After a successful stint in the Premier League, he returned to Stamford Bridge in a multi-million-pound deal from Inter Milan in 2019. Unfortunately, his second tenure was met with similar challenges, and he struggled to make an impact on the pitch.

Last summer, Lukaku was sold permanently to Napoli, where he has started the season strongly under the guidance of manager Antonio Conte. In a recent interview on the podcast channel “Friends of Sports,” Lukaku clarified that he and Drogba do not share the same style of play, emphasizing that his approach to the game is different and deserves recognition beyond the limits previously imposed on him at Chelsea.

“In England, they wanted to put me in a box. They see someone built like me and think: new Drogba. I’m not like that.

“Didier was more back to goal, he could hold up the ball no matter where you play it in from. That wasn’t my style.

“The narratives when I was in England was ‘he’s lazy, he doesn’t work hard, he’s not a leader, he’s selfish, first, he cannot hold a ball, blah blah blah.’

“I played two years at Inter, ‘he’s back to goal, he’s the best player in the world, he’s top 5,’” he added (via OneFootball).

Lukaku first signed for the Blues in 2011 and spent the next two seasons (2012-13 and 2013-14) on loan at West Bromwich Albion and Everton, respectively. He signed a permanent contract at Everton in 2014.

He then secured a deal at Manchester United in 2017.

Despite scoring 42 goals and providing 12 assists in 96 outings for the Old Trafford-based outfit across two seasons, he joined Inter Milan in 2019.