{"id":20037,"date":"2022-06-03T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/03\/romelu-lukaku-launches-bid-to-force-chelsea-exit\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:00:32","slug":"romelu-lukaku-launches-bid-to-force-chelsea-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/03\/romelu-lukaku-launches-bid-to-force-chelsea-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Romelu Lukaku launches bid to force Chelsea exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea star Romelu Lukaku is ready to do whatever it takes to secure a departure from the club this summer, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The name of Belgian international Lukaku, of course, took its place centre stage in the headlines at Stamford Bridge across the 2021\/22 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the 29-year-old himself, however, this came for all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<p>After sealing a club-record return to Chelsea on the back of a scintillating campaign in Italy with Inter Milan, Lukaku was tasked with arresting the Blues\u2019 long-time woes up top, to lead the club\u2019s intended charge back towards the very top of the English game.<\/p>\n<p>But such efforts on the part of \u2018Big Rom\u2019, ultimately, came up short in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n<p>All told, Lukaku racked up just eight goals, across appearances in 26 of Chelsea\u2019s 38 Premier League fixtures. Not only that, but, at one point in the campaign, the Belgian drew the ire of the Pensioners faithful owing to some altogether questionable comments regarding Inter Milan, culminating in his temporary exclusion from Thomas Tuchel\u2019s matchday setup.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1706756\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1706756\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1706756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/chelsea-v-crystal-palace-the-emirates-fa-cup-semi-final-1650441781.jpg\" alt=\"Romelu Lukaku launches bid to force Chelsea exit\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/chelsea-v-crystal-palace-the-emirates-fa-cup-semi-final-1650441781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/chelsea-v-crystal-palace-the-emirates-fa-cup-semi-final-1650441781-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/chelsea-v-crystal-palace-the-emirates-fa-cup-semi-final-1650441781-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/chelsea-v-crystal-palace-the-emirates-fa-cup-semi-final-1650441781-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/chelsea-v-crystal-palace-the-emirates-fa-cup-semi-final-1650441781-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1706756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 APRIL 17: Romelu Lukaku reacts to a missed chance during The FA Cup Semi-Final match between Chelsea and Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium on April 17, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Craig Mercer\/MB Media\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Suffice to say, Lukaku\u2019s dream Chelsea return has not gone exactly according to plan thus far\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And, if the latest word stemming from the media on Friday is anything to go by, then the hitman himself does not appear overly pushed on the prospect of making use of next season to turn things around in the English capital.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, as per a report from The Telegraph, Lukaku is understood to have kicked into gear attempts to force his way out of Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with the ex-Manchester United man desperate to secure a return to Serie A with Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Senior sources at both clubs are said to be convinced of his desire to leave Stamford Bridge behind once more, opening the door to a potential cut-price Nerazzurri swoop.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Romelu Lukaku trying to force Chelsea exit and return to Inter Milan | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JBurtTelegraph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JBurtTelegraph<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w0WfZKict1\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/w0WfZKict1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball\/status\/1532749790651482113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/chelsea-join-arsenal-in-the-race-for-winger\/\">Chelsea join Arsenal in the race for winger Gakpo<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/agent-of-chelsea-linked-slonina-sends-plea-to-real-madrid\/\">Agent of Chelsea-linked Slonina sends plea to Real Madrid<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Chelsea star Romelu Lukaku is ready to do whatever it takes to secure a departure from the club this summer, according to reports. The name of Belgian international Lukaku, of course, took its place centre stage in the headlines at Stamford Bridge across the 2021\/22 campaign. Unfortunately for the 29-year-old himself, however, this came [&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-20037","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\/20037","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=20037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}