There was a dispute between former Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel and Romelu Lukaku and Chelsea is still paying the price for it. The dispute was sparked by a non-compromising joke between the pair. Tuchel was brutally sacked by Todd Boehly in September 2022 but had been in charge for 18 months before that.
Lukaku has been loaned out to Italian clubs Inter Milan and AS Roma respectively for the past 14 months. But the Blues have been left with a sense of regret about their bitter result amid their ongoing strikers’ issues.
Pochettino’s team has played six matches in which they have scored only five times. All three of his goals came in a 3–0 win over Luton Town. The last three matches they played were against Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, and Aston Villa, in which the team did not score a single goal. The Argentine boss took charge on July 1 and yet is already facing scrutiny over his position. Being 51 is not a reason for her struggles and is widely appreciated.
Nicholas Jackson has signed a summer contract. He has struggled to reach the expected heights since his £32million switch from Villarreal, scoring just one goal. Many of their opportunities have been wasted. As a backup, Pochettino has a player named Armando Broza. The Albania international has spent 10 months recovering from a torn ACL and he is still putting his socks in good shape.
Questions arise about his current goal scoring problems.
A question that arises has to do with his current goal scoring problems. That question is why the club failed to sign a striker before the transfer window closed. His name was linked with Dusan Vlahovic and Folarin Balogun. And an even bigger issue is why Chelsea were so quick to ax Lukaku despite knowing that there was another player better than the Belgium international.
In August 2021, Chelsea signed Lukaku from Inter Milan, spending the entire club resource amount of £97.5 million to do so. He had a bitter falling out with Tuchel which led to him walking out the Stamford Bridge door to rejoin Inter just 10 months later. He took part in 26 league matches in which he scored eight goals.
What is the reason for Lukaku and Tuchel’s relationship downfall?
Lukaku and Tuchel’s relationship broke down after the 30-year-old made an inappropriate joke and also had a falling out after CK gave an interview to the Italian media to express his love for his former club. Were. According to reporter Nizar Kinsella, speaking on an Italian football podcast, Lukaku became angry with Tuchel after he said Antonio Conte – the former Chelsea and Inter manager – was his ‘daddy’.
Months after the incident, Tuchel exiled Lukaku and, with the blessing of new owner Todd Boehly, sent him on loan to Inter Milan, earning the club a £7m loan fee. This summer Lukaku signed a season-long loan for AS Roma and a reduced salary for Lukaku was then also negotiated by the American. This resulted in a significant reduction in his £290,000 per week salary.
Looking at his career, he is a proven goalscorer, having scored 213 league goals throughout his career in England, Italy and Belgium. Along with this, he is also the country’s all-time record shooter who has scored 77 goals in 110 caps.