Friday, March 29, 2024

Concerns over Romelu Lukaku at Man Utd in 2018 remerge at Chelsea

Romelu Lukaku’s return to Stamford Bridge has been widely celebrated – but the Belgian star is in danger of repeating issues from his disappointing spell at Manchester United.

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The Blues’ record signing has been in good form since returning to the club for £97.5million in the summer.

He scored on his debut in a London derby, terrorising Arsenal’s newly-formed defence in the 2-0 win.

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Lukaku then went onto score a brace against Aston Villa and one against FC Zenit, bringing him up to four goals in his first four games, but he has failed to find the net since.

Like during his United days, Lukaku has had no problems bullying teams lower down the table.

Branded a ‘flat-track bully’ for this tendency, Lukaku has been quietest this season when Chelsea have needed him most.

When up against Liverpool, Manchester City and Juventus, Lukaku was notably silent

But, just as he did for United in 2018, Lukaku has so far floundered and failed to shine in the biggest games.

In his first 14 months for United, Lukaku scored 31 goals and only one of them was against a top-six team, despite playing against them 12 times.

In the rest of his games, he scored 30 in 37 starts against all other opponents.

Since joining Chelsea the big games have passed him by.

But it’s those games that will decide who’s holding silverware at the end of the season and who is not.

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