{"id":12723,"date":"2022-03-20T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/20\/thomas-tuchel-finding-romelu-lukaku-difficult-to-manage-thanks-to-superstar-personality\/"},"modified":"2022-03-20T12:01:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T16:01:43","slug":"thomas-tuchel-finding-romelu-lukaku-difficult-to-manage-thanks-to-superstar-personality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/20\/thomas-tuchel-finding-romelu-lukaku-difficult-to-manage-thanks-to-superstar-personality\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Tuchel finding Romelu Lukaku \u2018difficult to manage\u2019 thanks to \u2018superstar personality\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is reportedly continuing to struggle with Romelu Lukaku this season following the Belgian\u2019s \u00a3103 million move from Inter Milan in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Lukaku came back to Stamford Bridge in the summer, and netted on his returning debut against Arsenal, but has struggled for goals since. At the time of writing, the 28 year old has just 5 Premier League goals to his name, and 12 in total in 34 appearances for the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>Of course,\u00a0<em>that <\/em>interview did him no favours, and Tuchel has rarely played to Lukaku\u2019s strengths, leaving him cutting an increasingly frustrated figure at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Romelu Lukaku to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SkySport<\/a>: \u201cPhysically I am fine. But I\u2019m NOT happy with the situation at Chelsea. Tuchel has chosen to play with another system \u2013 I won\u2019t give up, I\u2019ll be professional. I am not happy with the situation but I am professional \u2013 and I can\u2019t give up now\u201d. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KGNoJ10cwp\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/KGNoJ10cwp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1476615487962464264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/could-man-utd-really-take-tuchel-away-from-chelsea\/bltca8bbec6d8c47475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goal<\/a>, the disconnect runs deeper. Nizaar Kinsella reveals that, of the Chelsea squad, it is Lukaku that Tuchel struggles to keep a handle on the most, owing to his \u2018superstar attitude\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There are few individuals who act aggressively, even though Antonio Rudiger and Jorginho are known to bring an edge to training sessions, and it is arguably just Romelu Lukaku who carries himself with the personality of a footballing superstar\u2019, the Chelsea correspondent reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018For that reason, Tuchel has found the Belgian somewhat difficult to manage\u2019, he added.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea find a way<\/h2>\n<p>Amid the controversy off the pitch and at times on it, Chelsea have still managed to find a way, which Thomas Tuchel must take a lot of credit for.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues find themselves in the semi-finals of the FA Cup and the quarter-finals of the Champions League, having already added the club world cup and the European Super Cup to their trophy cabinet, while they are also seemingly assured of Champions League football next season.<\/p>\n<p>While their issues off the pitch persist, on the pitch the Blues have been excellent.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/la-liga-betting-tips\/real-madrid-vs-fc-barcelona-betting-tips-la-liga-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Real Madrid vs Barcelona betting tips: La Liga preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/la-liga-betting-tips\/sevilla-vs-real-sociedad-betting-tips-la-liga-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Sevilla vs Real Sociedad betting tips: La Liga preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is reportedly continuing to struggle with Romelu Lukaku this season following the Belgian\u2019s \u00a3103 million move from Inter Milan in the summer. Lukaku came back to Stamford Bridge in the summer, and netted on his returning debut against Arsenal, but has struggled for goals since. At the time of writing, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-12723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}