His infamous Sky Italia interview in which he took aim at his manager after falling out of favour in the side fractured his relationship with Tuchel significantly, and he is ultimately the one responsible for poor form on the pitch.īut after that encouraging honeymoon period it quickly became clear that Lukaku was not the right fit for the fluid, free-flowing attack that made Tuchel's Chelsea so hard to beat the previous season. Of course, the Belgian striker himself must take a large chunk of the blame for that. In came Lukaku for a club-record £97.5million, and despite an encouraging start, which included four goals in as many games, that fee quickly transformed into the most expensive mistake in the club's history. Tuchel encountered a host of on-field dilemmas in the 2021-22 campaign, but none were more impactful and as well documented than the Lukaku debacle.Īll that Chelsea lacked after their breathtaking end to the previous season was a bona fide No 9, with a system centred around Kai Havertz as a false nine seen as unsustainable for a team with ambitions of mounting a serious title challenge.
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