Romelu Lukaku has issued an apology to Chelsea fanatics, as well as supervisor Thomas Tuchel and his Blues teammates, after feedback he made in an interview with Sky Italia last week triggered an uproar a few of the club, media, and supporters.
Lukaku said in the interview, recorded 3 weeks previous but launched just before the brand new yr, that he was sad with Tuchel's approaches while adding that he hoped to at some point go back to Inter Milan due to his connection with the Italian club that he helped cause a league title ultimate season.
While his feedback had been less inflamatory than they will have seemed in a few initial translations, they still made it clean that Lukaku did not precisely see eye-to-eye with the supervisor, and that he felt the techniques employed were less than an excellent in shape for his talent set.
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Lukaku suffered outcomes for his words, having been disregarded of the group for Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Jan. 2. Tuchel recounted the terrible optics of Lukaku's words before the healthy in opposition to Liverpool, despite the fact that he truely did now not discover them to be as offensive as a few fans, and a now a few days eliminated from the interview's release, all has reputedly been repaired from within.
A message from Romelu.
However, after apologizing, Lukaku has now been brought returned into the aspect, first in education over the run-as much as the EFL Cup semifinal suit towards Tottenham, and then blanketed within the starting lineup for stated fit on Wednesday. Lukaku may be supported in the attack via Kai Havertz and Mason Mount, at the same time as Hakim Ziyech will play wing-back and Christian Pulisic drops to the bench.
In a video published to Chelsea's Twitter account, Lukaku first addressed the fans, apologizing for the advent that he became looking for a manner out only months after arriving from Inter within the summer time of 2021.
"To the fans, I'm sorry for the disappointed that I brought about," Lukaku said. "You men realize the connection that I actually have with this club for the reason that my teenage years, so I absolutely understand you guys being upset. Obviously, it is as much as me now to restore your accept as true with and I'll do my fine to show dedication every day on the education floor and in the video games to make sure we win video games."
