{"id":4277,"date":"2021-12-31T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/31\/romelu-lukakus-stance-on-chelsea-january-exit-revealed-as-reason-behind-controversial-interview-provided\/"},"modified":"2021-12-31T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T14:00:30","slug":"romelu-lukakus-stance-on-chelsea-january-exit-revealed-as-reason-behind-controversial-interview-provided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/31\/romelu-lukakus-stance-on-chelsea-january-exit-revealed-as-reason-behind-controversial-interview-provided\/","title":{"rendered":"Romelu Lukaku\u2019s stance on Chelsea January exit revealed as reason behind controversial interview provided"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Lukaku in hot water<\/h2>\n<p>Romelu Lukaku has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons over the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian has had an indifferent start to life at Chelsea, but he was out for some time and has now seemingly worked his way back into Thomas Tuchel\u2019s plans after featuring in and scoring in Chelsea\u2019s last two outings.<\/p>\n<p>So, it no doubt came as something of a surprise when a Lukaku interview emerged on Thursday, in which he stated he was not happy with the situation at Chelsea:<\/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><br \/>\nThomas Tuchel was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/thomas-tuchel-provides-reece-james-update-ahead-of-chelsea-vs-liverpool-speaks-out-on-romelu-lukaku-interview\/\">asked<\/a> about the interview during his pre-Liverpool press conference on Friday and seemed less than pleased.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Lukaku did <em>that<\/em> interview<\/h2>\n<p>Now, a fresh update on the situation has emerged via the Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, despite the comments seeming to suggest Lukaku was eyeing up a potential exit, the Telegraph report that:<\/p>\n<p><em>Lukaku has no intention of trying to quit Chelsea in January with sources close to the striker insisting there is \u201czero chance\u201d of him leaving Stamford Bridge in the next transfer window.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it is stated that Lukaku\u2019s intentions in the interview why Sky Sports Italia was to try and repair the relationship with Inter fans who were upset with his move to Chelsea:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Story: Lukaku will not try to quit Chelsea in January \u2013 \u201czero chance\u201d of him leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yhhCkHOvzL\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/yhhCkHOvzL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_Law_DT\/status\/1476875602632323075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nOn paper, it seems likely a fairly innocent motive. But it has blown up massively in the striker\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/manchester-united-vs-burnley-betting-tips-preview-predictions-odds-2\/\">Manchester United vs Burnley betting tips: Preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-betting-tips-premier-league-preview-predictions-and-odds\/\">Arsenal vs Manchester City betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lukaku in hot water Romelu Lukaku has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons over the last 24 hours. The Belgian has had an indifferent start to life at Chelsea, but he was out for some time and has now seemingly worked his way back into Thomas Tuchel\u2019s plans after featuring in and scoring [&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-4277","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\/4277","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=4277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}