The Tactical Reasons Behind Lukaku's Failure | Why Was Lukaku So Bad At Chelsea |
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- Lukaku was poor at Chelsea, but why exactly was that?
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Nice to see an honest critic of Lukaku without de-humanizing the guy
Bcs He is bald
How about that
Honestly I kinda feel bad for him. The team shouldn't have signed him with the knowledge that his playstyle didn't fit their team & tactics and this made him a waste on the team.
Well, they fell for that " if you have striker , you will score" catchphrase despite Chelsea winning Champion League without actual striker đż
You are 100% right. Iâm Inter fan and you just see that Tuchel uses him wrong, ofc the interview wasnât good but pure football wise he didnt do anything wrong IMO. Just look at his run against Villa for example, this was one of the only big sprint and plays where his players but him in behind, also his goal at home with that pass from Kovacic I think where he runs and cut and shoot. Iâve been saying for months Tuchel uses him wrong but there where some people who said I didnât know anything about football. It also got nothing to do with the serie a bc players like Kulusevski and Bentancur where not even good in Italy, same for Eriksen. Also ex serie a players who play in the Prem now werenât even the best players in Italy
@@max08160 it's not tuchel fault
He don't even want him just marina bought him to cover after losing halland
No. He had to adjust to his team. You can't have a physique like an ox while still losing aerially against the likes of Laporte and Stones.
Yh but after emenalo left the scouting has been poor just buy players who donât fit together like werner is not made for a possession based team and needs to just get in behind in a counter and ziyech and mount are better suited for a 4ATB
It's rather unfortunate how things ended considering his blistering start to the campaign. Back in September he really had me thinking he was the final piece of the puzzle for Tuchel and Chelsea
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I felt that he was talking too much for his own good... Great professionals speak less and work more and can adapt to any style... Lukaku was clearly too rigid to move out of what he was comfortable doing but then when his heading ability reduced to what it was like before inter... I realized he is actually regressing
So essentially Chelsea spent 110 million on a player that canât play tuchel style. You would think spending 110 million in a player would involve more research.
At Roman's Chelsea, research was sometimes (or mostly) optional, lol. Hopefully changes are being made.
Maybe they did but Tuchel didnât know how to use lukaku in the end
@@JacobSauers or Lukaku quit on Tuchel. Only he knows.
@@JacobSauers Tuchel knows how to use Lukaku but did not want to because of the fallout.
They spent 110m on a player that they thought was good. End of story. You can't defend this guy's performance on tactics when he has the touch accuracy of bambi
Many people say the EPL is too hard for him yet he has 121 goals in that league, people just talk nonsense about Romelu.
He prooved it at Everton. Man just needs the right system. Chelsea is just too stacked with great players to be forced to adjust their system to him.
the guys trash, and you can't even compare seria a with epl cause its lowkey a farmers league itself.
@@gothia6515 he had city offer but declined it.he would have performed good at city
@@OmPrakash-ie7sh no he he wouldn't have
Have you seen his first touch passing đ€Ł
@@gengar3292 last season haaland was aerially weak, wasn't a good passer,weaker right foot also but now he is scoring goals with head,improved passing and scores from right foot also so Lukaku would have improved in city as he would have been surrounded by best players and a
Basically at Chelsea Lukaku had a situation where it was almost always 2 on 1 while at Inter he could slip into 1 on 1's because of Lautaro, that's one of the biggest struggles he had at Chelsea
An absolute spot on analysis by our FMS guru. There are many variations of the number 9, but Lukaku is just of one type. Namely, the checking to the ball and turning to run at goal type. That is not the style that Chelsea play. Everybody wants to play like Pep, including Tuechel. That means interchangeable parts in the attack -- and that means also everybody on the attack plays either as winger or as a forward as the game dynamics dictate. One thing that our FMS guru didn't mention, but seemed to me to be the case, is that Lukaku appeared not to be in top physical condition. One of the stills in the vid showed Lukaku with a bit of a midsection paunch. Lukaku flourished under Conte who is legendary for getting players in tip top shape via strict fitness and diet regimens. Lukaku is supposedly a great person, but maybe he needs a father figure more than most players. Conte can play that role, Teuchel never will (no disrespect meant there!)
Lukaku flourishes under strict management. He flourished under Conte and also under Mourinho. Tu Chel is a great management, but he does not have that quality. That was also the reason why he was kicked out of PSG.
His reason for fitness at Inter wasn't really Conte, but Antonio Pintus the Conditioning Coach.
@@807800 pintus is a legend really, one of if not the best fitness coach in the world right now
@@lexkanyima2195 They probably have, but maybe just not as good.
@@807800 Thanks ⊠did not know that.
Poor scouting and decision making up top
He doesn't fit the system at all
Yes,Chelsea already had Tammy Abraham and now they have a possibly great striker Armando broja but they don't value their academy players more.Tammy was better than Lukaku in this Chelsea team.
IMO Werner and lukaku could do great in a formation like 3-5-2 because they had played in 2 striker formation in their great season and due to a lack of game time they also haven't been able to adapt to the Tuchel playstyle. But being a Chelsea fan it still the sky sport interview of lukaku still enrages me
yeah, with Werner - Havertz- Lukaku in a 343 also works. (Like how Mourinho plays Lukaku as a RW instead of a ST).
With Havertz operating as a false-9 , while Werner and Lukaku ready to make a run behind the defenders.
@@HenSt-gz7qj thatâs actually so similar to what I do with Chelsea in FIFA 22 lol. 433 formation with wingers, and Havertz as a false 9 CF, mount and kovacic as RCM and LCM, and Kante as CDM
Exactly! A two man up front worked better for both players and tuchel wasnt changing his system for players nor were players willing to mix it up
It's simple: because he wasn't bad. He had a choice who didn't like him and tons of injuries, yet he became top scorer and won them their only trophy. If the refereeing had been better he would've won them 2 trophies (EFL cup)
The fact that he managed to score 15 times and win them like 5 penalties despite only playing like half a season is honestly impressive.
Only trophy? So the supercup is not a trophy anymore? Good to know.
something you missed but you sort of touch upon it, but I think the major reason Lukaku has struggled is because he gets less time to control a ball before a defender presses him than he did in Serie A. This is why his touch seemed to have gotten worse in the UK, as a defender would nudge him in the back as soon as he goes to control the ball which they don't tend to do in Italy or at least they are slow to do so.
This is why players like Tomori (who in England often got exposed by overcommitting or by being wrong sided by attackers) seem to have a sudden mark up while in Italy.
In the Prem attackers are often able to control the ball while running onto it and release quickly, which is not Lukaku's strength and which is why he would be stationary and the ball nicked from him or he would have his "trampoline" touch.
I have been saying this about tomori buh people won't agree
@Mosaab Again Because for the majority of those goals were for teams who play counter attacking football and were not big teams who like to control the ball and have teams sitting back. and for the amount of games he played in the prem, 121 goals is not that prolific
But he was great at Everton, first touch doesn't incapacitate him for playing in the Premier League
Was always against Chelsea paying the price of two Halands for one lukaku. It was a gigantic mistake.
When Haaland still had Raiola as his agent, the salary, signing bonus, agent fee were too high for Chelsea.
Even if we had brough in Erling, we would still not pass him and the goals would still not come. Watch City, only KDB passes the boy, he could execute the perfect clear run but with KDB on the bench the pass don't come. It feels so deliberate oftimes to me.
Yeah just like this, Iâve said this for months that Tuchel use him wrong and wants him to play a tiki faka system but then he just needs to play Havertz than. He scored more than his expected goals, that says enough right? If youâre topscorer is a âflopâ you do something wrong. His start was good, the injuries of both wingbacks didnât help. Also his own COVID and injury didnât help and the interview ofc but if we look at the football side he did nothing wrong IMO, if you,re coach donât even now how to use you to youâre strengths for a 100M buy there goes something wrong. Chelsea topscorer last season was JorginhoâŠ. just look at his sprint against Villa, there are not many strikers with such pace and strength
I know there will be many many who will criticize Chelsea but look at 50 first touches of Lukaku, also look at his runs, he is always pointing for the ball but he knows that the player can't give the ball that time, also why he doesn't headers? Atleast he should be a good position and make better run
Zia I have watched those runs, you're correct he points to the space and the pass never comes. Strikers do that, it's common. Many a times the case was not that the pass could'nt be executed at that time, rather the player will hoard the ball, particularly Mount on a pass so easy a blind man could execute.
This is kinda true and most of United and Inter fans already knew this I guess, and maybe some of our fans too ?! It make sense also, if you see his performances against City away and Pool in Carabao Cup, he actually played decent since against organized high pressing teams, CFC had to sit back a bit due to excellent counter pressing by these two teams. As a result we played on the transition, where Lukaku actually got into goal scoring positions and probably should have had one allowed (Carabo Cup)
There are times I'd see Lukaku make runs and his teammates weren't picking him out. I wondered if they were doing it on purpose because of the controversial interview of Lukaku's or his teammates just aren't wired to play to Lukaku's strengths.
Good video this
Thank you aaron, thank you. I've said this in my circles so many times. I swear during those moments when I've seen that I'm glad I watch my games via a Projector or I would have plucked my TV off the wall. I'm seeing that currently with City players on Haaland except KDB which makes me wonder, should his goals dry up (seems they are) what will it be said of him.
I feel like if Chelsea slightly adapted their style in attack it could have worked, playing Werner or Havertz alongside Lukaku with Mount, Ziyech or Havertz in behind could have worked better, especially Werner who despite the flack he gets is a very clever player with his movement and runs beyond the defence, this could've created space that Lukaku could've thrived in, also may have helped Werner as he no longer would've been the focal point for Chelsea.
True. Chelsea seem to do things vice versa.
make a video about Christoph galtier the new psg manager
Best video on the subject, congrats man! Very well reasoned, backed by data... 10.
As a Chelsea fan, I wasn't over the moon when we bought him, the fact he played in Italy should be taken into consideration, his style of play isn't what the premier league is anymore...
EPL defenced seems too much for lukaku
He suck at premier league just like many other Italian league players will. I was also not happy when we brought him. He was super flop at United it was a no brianer.
@@lauralassan325 He was a absolute beast at west brom and Everton
@@nam0007 he was but tbf that was quite a long time ago, he was more agile and quick back then and that mid-table fighting type of play suited him at the time
Great content as always my friend.
best video on the subject ive seen, cheers
Wow. Impressive analysis mate!.
Great topic!
Great analysis. By the same logic presented here, it would seem that Ronaldo to Chelsea would also be a bust.
I am not a Ronaldo fan but players like Ronaldo Messi knows how to adapt in a team.messi adapted in PSG as an assist provider and Ronaldo adapted in UTD as a goalscorer.ronaldo will score goal in any team and any formation.just see Ibrahimovic didn't adapted to pep system and never won UCL.great player know how to adapt to a team
Even Drogba himself, with this team. I've even become convinced perhaps this team does'nt know how to play with a proper 9.
Well said, but why do you think he didn't build a good partnership with werner? He is good at runing behind diffenders too, or rather it's his main strength, right?
I thought the same, strange that it hasn't worked, or rather that Tuchel hasn't made it work
Tuchel never tried any two strikers formation thatâs the reason why both Werner and lukaku failed. The reason is that all the rest of chealsea attackers are wingers.
Werner is struggling himself compared to Bundesliga for same reason as Lukaku; not getting the space behind
Well tuchel tried those two upfront vs city at stamford bridge. It didnât work.
Largely because they were occupying the same central spaces. Iâm not sure why either of them didnât move out wide to create space.
But i suppose tuchel could have kept working on it
Bec both have not so good ball retention. both technically r not all that. Luka at inter had lautaro , who was very good with his feet and that helped keep the ball and help Lukaku. Werner is the exact opposite. he's a marathon runner
In my view, before a player moves to another club he should be aware in what role he is going to play in that team. Second question would be whether that role would fit his strengths. In case of Lukaku at Chelsea: new role doesn't fit at all. His time with Ole showed that already.
Top notch analysisđ
Everton and Inter showed that he needs the right tactics to fit in. He's never been a flop tbf, but the only thing he never improves is his first touch
This could also be a concern for erling halaand too a t man city
You are a great analyst
It looks like he can play Harry Kaneâs role at Spurs. With Conte and Spurs playing style, it wouldâve been much better. In my opinion, Tuchel probably knew what Lukaku did good in the past, but he wouldnât change his tactics for Lukaku alone. Then I wonder why Tuchel wanted him in his squad.
Are you going to be doing a video on mourinhos Roma?
Why make a video we are not good yet
@@dalmar5567 youâve got a trophy. Usually when someone wins a trophy a video is made about them
it just Chelsea forgot to buy a lukaku manual book. đ€đ€
I love to watch your videos
put it simple, because serie A at the moment is a farmers/priests/single dads league and i'm impressed by the fact professional scouts haven't figured it out and they still think that a player who's devastating in serie A will do the same in premier league or la liga. (i'm italian)
This is spot on ..... perfectly explained đđ
I think Lukaku can still be a good player, and I think Tuchel is still an excellent manager, but this situation is exactly why I think Liverpool has the better transfer model than Chelsea/United/Arsenal/City (excluding Nunez because I'm still not sure if that's a good signing). Chelsea spend 100m on Lukaku, which at the beginning of the season makes sense. But basically by Halloween you can tell that Tuchel never asked for him. He solves a problem that Chelsea had (poor finishing, looking at you Timo) but Tuchel's solution involved better approach play, which minimizes the role of the 9. If you look at City and Liverpool, they haven't used traditional 9s and Tuchel looked to emulate this. At the end of the day it's just Abramovich's money, so who cares right? Same with United, they spend quite a bit to bring in players like Maguire and Ronaldo, one of whom breaks the system that was in place. Did Ronaldo score a lot of goals, yes, but I think if he's out of the system in the first place United score more goals. Arsenal haven't been overly wasteful (Pepe being the exception). City spent 100m on a player whos biggest game contribution is that he slides for 4 yards after falling and draws a foul for it, but Sheikh is paying for it so who cares right?
I agree Liverpool (no itâs Klopp) pretty much has the best transfer policy in the prem, Pep is a close second. I have not agreed with any major signing Klopp has made, I was skeptical when he signed Salah, Van Dijk, Fabinho and Jota. Yet every single time, his signings turn out great. So Iâve learned to keep my shut, heâs gone in for Nunez now and Iâm just going to see how it goes. If itâs anything like the previous ones then heâll be a game shaker within the next few seasons
Lukaku has never matured his plays style , he has never improved his first touch and build up play , his back to goal style ...he just likes running in straight lines and pushing opponents
What Chelsea wanted was Emile Heskey, essentially. Should try to go for Lewandowski this year.
He should've played up top with Werner with Mount or Havertz in the midfield
He's a very limited Player & that's it. When you see his career all along , his chance creation through movements has been average , he needs free balls with weak defenders to get things going. Ball holding is average , cannot dribble a bit , heading according to height is decent. His tactical input is pretty much limited that you can't play him in tough matches as well. Ever watch him & you'll see if there are no free balls to be provided or simple shots , having him is next to nothing. You see him at Belgium as well ,lot of goals but again when they come up against a great teams or good defenders he's no where.
he's just like the other system players.
he need the right system to flourish, otherwise he will struggle.
@@HenSt-gz7qj there are many system players but they do something atleast. If you can't score atleast be a good target Man for your teammates like Giroud used to be but he straight says no. If a player needs free runs all the time or tap ins &cannot provide anything other that & hides himself when he comes up against strong players who can't be easily bullied with his built , i won't categorize him as a system player at all. Systems not suited with Ziyech , Werner , Kai but they do something atleast.
The fairest and non-bias analysis of the Lukaku situation at Chelsea.
You're spot on man.....Lukaku was failed by the coach. How do you buy a player and have no idea how to play to his best abilities according to your system? Tuchel failed Lukaku and Chelsea....
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Chelsea need a Costa type of a forward who used to come from deep...King Kai has the potential to be that even Drogba was at time playing like that
Excellent video. The only question I have is why didn't adapt? A 100m player that is a one trick pony.....come on
Lol exactly!!! It's not like the systems are apples and oranges. Both 3ATB, difference is counterattack vs more possession. Weak mentality that's it.
Can you do the video of Lukaku and Darwin Nunez differences and comparisons? Cos I expect him to fail like Lukaku cos I think theyâre similar type of players
expect this ratio
I personally think they are going to change DN playstyle then using him as the same as he was in Benfica. Klopp said he had the skills they where looking for. There is no way Liverpool are going to change their winning system to adapt to DN strenghts. Maybe ocationally, but not permanently. And Klopp do know to find the players he wants.
Then haaland should also fail at City.
It's more about flexibility.
Tuchel didn't tried a change in system and play to Lukaku strength. Nor did lukaku tried hard enough to fit in system.
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@@alokjha7802 Halaand and Nunez are two different player, no comparison at all, you no what they mean by complete striker? Hold up play, first touch, as a target man look Halaand is clear. If you no any of his weaknesses as a striker you can let me know, the only thing is injury.
His biggest weakness is his mentality. He needs to be pampered like a child and if he doesn't he whines
How is his mentality weak? He works a lot outside of the pitch.
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@@Itns1222 Mourinho himself described Lukaku mentality. look up wht he said
@@Kai791 czcams.com/video/ka2ZZEC2ddc/video.html
@@Itns1222 he's a whiny little child. This video doesn't talk about that, which makes everything said invalid.
You had the tactical analysis of his play style absolutely right but you put it in a way that Chelsea didn't use him right. He comes low to start the attack at Inter, if he does that efficiently at Chelsea like Giroud does, Kai and Mount are always ready for the link up and carry on the movement. He coudn't win aerial duels neither could he hold the ball with the first touch anywhere on the field except during counter attacks. Almost half the EPL teams play all out defense, how will you expect Chelsea to play every game sitting back and waiting for counter? So if Chelsea goes back to counter attack 451 ppl will start saying they park the bus again.
If you buy someone like Lukaku you play to his strengths, you don't try to force him into a structure that doesn't suit him.
Two words. His ego. Bloke thinks the whole world revolves around him and therefore so should any team in which he plays.
0:20 exremely few people had no doubts about his success, most people felt like Chelsea were getting scammed. In the end, Chelsea were scammed. This player is just mediocre.
its so funny, i got an ad from inter milan for this video about lukaku XD XD
Will Haaland and/or Nunez also fail like this?
Nunez is overrated contract.
Liverpool are more of a transition team
Haaland will succeed. If not under pep but he will. His ability to play in spaces is incredible.
Nunez I don't know much.
We will have to see how it plans out
It certainly is a risk for Haaland, given his typical position. I do think it takes a year of playing under Pep for a player to flourish, which is why I expect Grealish to be much more effective next season. Will Hasland light up the league in his first year at City, and he had done previously? Probably not, but it will entertaining to watch. If he steps into the lineup and scores in bunches -- well, that will say a lot about his innate talent. I don't expect it, but maybe he will be the exception to the rule.
The biggest reason as mentioned was stylistically they weren't a match. If Chelsea had assumed a similar philosophy as Conte at Inter/Spurs, Romelu would've fared well.
Emotion clouded judgment for Romelu.
Desperation for a 9 clouded judgment for Chelsea.
As a Chelsea fan it's a 50 50
This is proof that you canât just sign the first striker on sale, you have to make sure they can fit into the system
He actually wasn't too bad. Injured himself after a good start and then got a Covid infection which further sidelined him. After that you got the media reports because of his interview which also didn't help his case. In the end he started scoring again. 8 goals isn't great but considering he played half a season it is a ok stat. His expected goals of 0.4 is good too, especially considering it's the 1st season for the new club. I think there's a personal problem between Lukaku and Tuchel. Tuchel wants a striker more involved defenively and a more mobile man up front. Lukaku wants different tactics where he has more space to operate and run at the defenders. These are issues that should have been clear before signing him.
mostly correct analysis, and honest.
It does not mention the injury and covid disadvantage,
It also doesn't take into account the fact that he did not get to take the penalties, while he hasn't missed one in many years. This would have lifted his goal number with 4 or 5, getting him into 20 in all competitions.
Instead they gave the penalties to some Italian guy whos penalty taking skills cost his country the worldcup articipation.
Do a video on werner. please.
I feel bad for him. Only because of the fact that, Tuchel didn't change his game plan or tactics while playing a traditional no.9, Lukaku struggled. Believe me or not, even CR7 or RL9 would produce the same effects. Can't blame everything on this man right here.
Moral of story Conte played Lukaku to his strength
Tuchel wanted him to adapt to his style of play which didn't work
I'm curious. How are you able to observe All these tactics??
I tell him!
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Maybe it was a disconnect between Abramovich and Tuchel but buying and not using him correctly ultimately cost Tuchel his job
Always believe that Lukaku is more of a poacher than a target-man.
Mourinho got it right with him to an extend, but people just focuses only on his flaw, not on what he has done right.
Honestly he didnât suit the system and Iâm still annoyed that Chelsea sold Tammy Abraham -_-
Lukaku and Lautaro đ„
Pls do Argentina
Lukaku will fire again with Inter since the attack will be building from him and therefore will empty space for lautaro and also barella with the assistant of the power winger men Dumfries Inter right side will be dangerous for the opponent
Lukaku was not a Tuchel signing, it was Mariana's panic buying of a striker. Before the interview, both Lukaku and Tuchel wanted to work together and figure a system that works but unfortunately, things fell apart with the manager and other teammates.
His failures and successes throughout his career should have already shown the preferable way to utilise him. Yet, Chelsea thought otherwise
Yea Lukaku is too much of a traditional number 9 to work because Tuchel wanted more than that out of his center forward. This might mean Mancity and Nunez might also struggle in Pep or Klop system as they are also Traditional 9.
What possible strikers do you think best fit Chelseaâs system?
I didnt quite underatand why Chelsea didnt play Havertz and Lukaku as a front two. Havertz basically is the perfect F9 who can draw defenders out of the box to chase him which leaves Lukaku with more space.
Wanted to keep the team shape I think
Lukaku just wouldn't play for the team. There's times they played together, same thing happened. This video is a bunch of excuses. He refused to play for the coach.
I predicted this, lukaku plays way better where he can utilise his speed to easily pass defenders and take on the keeper 1 v 1 he is a great fox in the box striker, once the opposite presses high enough a long ball to lukaku could easily lead to a goal however playing his as a classic no. 9 or a false 9 requires him to be able to have a great first touch and to be able to turn and pass to his wingers/midfielders, for this to work effectively he would need a striker partner such as martinez one who can burst and dribble and carry the ball while being able to score if in the position to,
Belgium to some extent are possession based.... Lukaku would score against minnows , but in a top game, he hides.
I always think he could be better if he play rw at Chelsea
also i have a doubt, does haaland fits in this Chelsea system?
His first touch is horrible, he got away with that in Italy because Serie A is played in slower tempo not in PL.
lukaku needed a Fabregas in midfield , i compare him with Diego Costa
Lukaku deserves a defensive team .
Lukaku is not a versatile or adaptable striker. He is extremely effective, but ONLY if the system is built around him. I think him and Inter are perfect for each other; he gets a club where he'll be idolized and never be challenged, and Inter get their "superstar" who'll never be ambitious enough to try to make it at a club where he won't be pampered 24/7.
I'm not trying to belittle other leagues, EPL is rich and
EPL is currently the strongest league because it brings good players from all leagues to the EPL
Lukaku is just a player who hasn't proved himself in the big leagues twice
Lukaku is not a genuine marksman.
A genuine marksman needs some genuine skills, not just the bulldozing ability.
Remember Klinsmann plz...
He's a flat track bully. And a diva. Powerful combo.
Same thing is going to happen with haaland at city
he never got settled!
I hoped he would be the kind of player that make a man of the match against arsenal. His strength & linkup was good then. That being said, conte & tuchel are very different type of coach. Conte has his system rigid, so players need little thinking. Tuchel, on the other hand, relatively gives more thinking to his players, as when there was this interview and he made a point when neymar was trapped in tight space, he won't give solution to ney, instead he'd let ney to think his way through, to have more room for creativity
He looks like a big target man in the mould of many greats before him like Shearer. But looks deceiveâŠ
Lukaku didnât fail at Chelsea, Chelsea failed Lukaku. Why would you buy a player that doesnât fit the system?
Depends how you look at it. James and Chillwell injured for most of the season forced our hand a bit. And you can expect Lukaku to adapt to suit the teams needs and he simply didn't do that.
I disagree with you on that, he failed himself. He should stayed one more season to adjust to the team. It's a team work not an individual team. He failed at man.utd and so at Chelsea. The backlash of stupid interview he granted as affected him psychological and he can't recover from it cos he's not mentally strong.
@@tazzo_xy1938 that still doesn't make any sense they want him to play a different style not what actually style that made him successful? Then barely play him so he doesn't have time to adopt then loan him off after 1 season.
So pukaku is a system player? Lmao that fraud couldn't even adapt
@@nosaonline I respect your opinion but I think that him staying was out of his control, a good percentage of the fan base donât want him to stay plus the abuse that he is getting from the English media and Social media is extreme. Lukaku is far from being Chelseaâs biggest problem in my opinion so as a Chelsea supporter it just makes me angry to see him carry all this backlash, we really need to do a better job protecting players and managers.
Very good points. I'd like to add that during 20/21 season, Hakimi also assisted Lukaku with his stunning speed and versatility, which Chelsea failed to provide.
He didn't really fail in the field,he just had a disastrous interview that ruined his stay at chelsea.
You're right.
But all those things were obvious to many Serie A fans, so you'd assume both Lukaku and Tuchel would be aware of it.
I think the blame is shared 50-50.
Chelsea's decision to bring him back for 115 million euros, even though he didn't suit the system, was a mistake.
And his decision to leave Inter was an equally terrible decision.
It wasnât only his decision, the club needed money. Thatâs why they also sold Hakimi
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Yeah, but Beppe Marotta was clear. Inter only needed to sell one star player, and that star player was Hakimi.
Lukaku on the other hand asked Inter to release him. He even justified that by saying that when he heard that Chelsea wanted him he didn't think twice, and that had it been any other club BUT Chelsea, he would've stayed at Inter.
So selling Hakimi was enough for the club to balance the books. Selling Lukaku was not a part of Inter's plan.
why tuchel didn't uses 4231 system :/
how about Lukaku in Belgium Nt, with Kdb and Hazard beside him?
@@lexkanyima2195 lol the excuses.
Change is the one constant thing in life. If Lukaku had spent the season back in Chelsea trying to adjust to the new system, I don't think the word failure would be associated with his name. I think people would be more sympathetic to his predicament under Tuchel. Fans would have given him more time. But the moment things got hard, you started talking about going back to inter and I think that's what made it all go downhill.
You forgot one! He was very fit and Inter and at Chelsea, we got Fat and out of shape.
while Chelsea expected Lukaku to fit into their system which he couldn't that doesn't mean he is a waste or something. And consecutive failure has really affected his career
Shouldn't a 'top' player like Lukaku be able to adapt to all tactics and strategies?
He has limited ability, skillset, attributes and mentality, as well as his lack of versatility....
Because he didn't try.
Not didn't try, but his play style only suited to specific tactics like Conte's Inter
@@johnlau6749 so, he's shite? One tricky pony. How come he scored for Belgium and Everton? Do they play like Contes inter? Or that only applies if it's chelsea?
@@limofootball Yes they do, Conte's Inter got Lautaro, Belgium got Eden Hazard. Both of their similarity is what?
90 mil on lukaku vs ronaldo... wish chelsea owners moved for ronaldo this season...