Lukaku wants to feel important at Chelsea - Martinez
The Belgium boss believes Lukaku should be valued at the blues, saying: “He wants to be important.”
Romelu Lukaku
must feel valued at Chelsea if
Thomas Tuchel
wants to use the player’s potentials, according to
Roberto Martinez
.
The Belgium international likes to feel important to enjoy football at Chelsea while there are speculations regarding his future, says the Belgium manager.
The Chelsea player joined the club on a club-record fee of £97.5million after contributing to the Serie A title with Inter, meeting the back of the net 24 times under the reign of Antonio Conte then.
The former Nerazzurri player has been struggling at the Blues this season, finding the target 15 times for Tuchel’s side in a season he endured injury and controversy.
Lukaku had an interview with Italian television about how he would like to go back to Inter, while questioning Tuchel’s way of doing things.
He then apologized for those comments and insisted that he is committed to Chelsea, but there are still doubts about his future.
Tuchel is reportedly keen on bringing Lautaro Martinez to be Lukaku’s partner to recreate that fire they had at Inter.
Martinez believes Lukaku needs to feel valued at Chelsea in order to thrive.
"He wants to be important and enjoy his football,"
Martinez told reporters.
"I'm sure the decision in the summer will be the right one.
"In Belgium we are quite relaxed with Romelu's situation. I know it is a big topic, but at the moment he is trying to recover from the injury and that's the only thing he has in his mind.
"If he stays at Chelsea it will be for the right reasons. If he's moving away it will be because everyone agrees to it.
"Romelu is a player I know very well. I managed him at club level at a very young age.
"He was 19 and had a very different position than he has now. Now he's a player who is very mature and very clear what he wants."
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