Romelu Lukaku faces disciplinary action from Chelsea after admitting he never wanted to leave Inter Milan.
Gilabola.com – Thomas Tuchel has vowed to read out the club’s upcoming sanction against the £97.5m striker, after he claimed he was unhappy with his career at Stamford Bridge.
The German coach’s mood is believed to be difficult to recover and improve during the second part of Lukaku’s interview with Sky Italy heard that the Belgium international had been pushed back to London last summer.
“If there was a contract offer from Inter last summer, as I wanted, we wouldn’t be doing this interview here from London, but from Milan,” said Romelu Lukaku on the occasion.
“In that case, I wanted to stay at Inter 100 oersen last summer. No need to discuss that. I always think of Milano, Milano, Milano. The Inter fans are the best in the world. I love the city, and the best moment of my career happened at Inter. I fell in love with Italy, Inter is in my heart,” added Lukaku, as reported by The Sun.
When asked about the prospect of playing again with his former Inter team-mate Lautaro Martinez, Lukaku’s remarks seemed to put gasoline on the fire.
“I miss Lautaro Martinez, I was ready to die on the pitch for him, from the first day I met him. Lautaro Martinez came here to play with me again at Chelsea in the future? No, Lautaro, you stay with me in Milan, I’ll go back there…,” said Romelu Lukaku, who previously played for Chelsea from 2011 to 2014.
The 28-year-old striker appeared to be trying to placate Inter supporters as he left the club after helping the Nerazzurri to Serie A champions. However, that has certainly had the opposite effect at Chelsea.
However, Tuchel rejected the idea of selling the striker back to Inter. However, the coach who has had success with Borussia Dortmund and PSG has asked the Blues to impose disciplinary sanctions and talks are likely to be carried out soon.
“Will. We’ll be doing it privately as well as openly, as I think, and always, so no further comment on that in public. I don’t like the noise it makes, and we don’t need that, it really doesn’t help. If there is something behind the door, that’s for sure,” Tuchel said of the attitude the club will take towards Romelu Lukaku in this case.
“You know very well how to take it out of context, it’s very easy to make a simple topic, make headlines, run it, then realize it’s not that bad and maybe that’s not what he meant,” Tuchel said.
“But to be honest, we don’t like that and neither do I, I don’t like that. Because it just causes a fuss we don’t need. We need a calm and focused environment, things like that don’t really help.”
“I don’t think he’s unhappy. I actually feel the opposite. If you had asked me yesterday morning I would have said I felt the opposite way, that’s why it’s surprising,” Tuchel said in response to Romelu Lukaku’s statement that he was unhappy at Stamford Bridge.
“The dressing room doesn’t always have to be harmonious, it doesn’t have to always be full of success. We don’t have to love each other, hug each other every day,” added Tuchel.
“The thing with Romelu, I don’t think anyone in the building realized that he wasn’t happy, that’s what surprised us so much with his statement, because I don’t see any reason why it has to be like this.”
