{"id":4753,"date":"2022-01-04T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/04\/romelu-lukaku-issues-public-apology-to-chelsea-fans-following-interview\/"},"modified":"2022-01-04T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:07:09","slug":"romelu-lukaku-issues-public-apology-to-chelsea-fans-following-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/04\/romelu-lukaku-issues-public-apology-to-chelsea-fans-following-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Romelu Lukaku issues public apology to Chelsea fans following interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Lukaku dropped following interview<\/h2>\n<p>Unless you have been living under a rock, you are probably aware of the Romelu Lukaku interview that was released last week.<\/p>\n<p>The interview, held by Sky Italia, has caused quite a stir amongst the Chelsea faithful, not all that surprising when taking into account Lukaku\u2019s comments:<\/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 \/>\nOn the back of the controversy, Thomas Tuchel opted to leave Lukaku out of Chelsea\u2019s matchday squad to take on Liverpool this past weekend.<\/p>\n<h2>Romelu Lukaku apologises<\/h2>\n<p>Now though, it looks as though the air has been cleared between Tuchel and Lukaku.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/chelsea-fc\/fixtures-results\/romelu-lukaku-chelsea-thomas-tuchel-22641698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaking<\/a> in his pre-Tottenham press conference earlier on Tuesday, the Chelsea boss confirmed Lukaku had apologised and was back in the squad training:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFirst of all, we were happy that we took the time needed to talk calmly on it. This is what we did. He apologised and he is back in the squad for today\u2019s training. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor me, the most important thing was to clearly understand and believe that this was not intentional. He did not do this intentionally to create noise ahead of a big game.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, Lukaku has come out to issue a public apology to Chelsea fans:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTo the fans I\u2019m sorry for the upset that I caused,\u201d Lukaku said in a video released on Chelsea\u2019s social media channels.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou guys know the connection that I have with this club, since my teenage years, so you know, I totally understand you guys being upset.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cObviously it\u2019s up to me now to restore your trust and I\u2019ll do my best to show commitment every day on the training ground to make sure that we win games.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd also to the manager to my team-mates and the board because I think it was not the right moment also. And I want to move forward from this and make sure that we start winning football games and I perform for the team in the best manner.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Romelu Lukaku has apologised to Thomas Tuchel, his team-mates and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a> supporters for the \u201cupset that I caused\u201d with comments he made in an interview recorded three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lukedbrown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lukedbrown<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JC64QWTwRG\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/JC64QWTwRG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK\/status\/1478453865754341381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/arsenal-vs-liverpool-betting-tips-carabao-cup-preview\/\">Arsenal vs Liverpool betting tips: Carabao Cup semi-final first leg preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/chelsea-vs-tottenham-hotspur-betting-tips-carabao-cup-preview\/\">Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur betting tips: Carabao Cup semi-final first leg preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lukaku dropped following interview Unless you have been living under a rock, you are probably aware of the Romelu Lukaku interview that was released last week. The interview, held by Sky Italia, has caused quite a stir amongst the Chelsea faithful, not all that surprising when taking into account Lukaku\u2019s comments: Romelu Lukaku to @SkySport: [&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-4753","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\/4753","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=4753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}