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Former Chelsea player explains why Romelu Lukaku failed in Premier League
Glen Johnson has been discussing why Romelu Lukaku didn’t succeed at Chelsea final season.
Lukaku made the return to Chelsea this previous summer season, setting the Blues again near £100m.
However with Chelsea coming off the again of a Champions League triumph, a big-name striker did seem like the ultimate factor they wanted to really compete on the prime of the Premier League as soon as extra.
And while Lukaku did match that standards on paper after a really profitable, title-winning marketing campaign with Inter Milan, his 2021/22 was a whole catastrophe.
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Lukaku was hampered by harm and health points, however his weird interview earlier within the marketing campaign by which he expressed his love for Inter and hit out at Tuchel for his use of him actually didn’t assist.
All instructed, Lukaku went on to attain simply eight league objectives throughout 2021/22, solely one in every of which – vs Arsenal in gameweek two – got here in opposition to a top-eight staff.
Now, with the summer season window open, Lukaku seems to be closing in on a return to Inter Milan.
Forward of a possible transfer again to the San Siro, Glen Johnson has been talking about why he thinks Lukaku didn’t succeed within the English top-flight, pointing in the direction of the division being too technical and too quick for the striker:
“It’s been a foul signing and I’m positive he’d admit that himself,” Johnson stated. “He’s a superb participant, however I simply imagine that the Premier League is just too technical and too quick for him. He’ll in all probability go to Inter Milan and bang in 25 objectives, however it’s a unique league.”
Glen Johnson on Lukaku: “It’s been a foul signing and I’m positive he’d admit that himself. He’s a superb participant, however I simply imagine that the Premier League is just too technical and too quick for him. He’ll in all probability go to Inter Milan and bang in 25 objectives, however it’s a unique league.”
— Vince™ (@Blue_Footy) June 28, 2022
