December 31, (THEWILL) – Thomas Tuchel has revealed that he did not agree with Romelu Lukaku openly expressing his dissatisfaction with the circumstances at Chelsea, after the Belgian remarked that he was “not happy with the situation” at the club.
THEWILL recalls that Lukaku made news on Thursday after a video of an interview he did with Sky Sports Italia a few months ago went viral. In quotes published ahead of the complete release on New Year’s Eve, the Belgian also expressed his desire to return to Inter in the future.
Tuchel conceded that the issue had been an unwelcome distraction at Stamford Bridge when asked about the striker’s comments before Chelsea’s match against Liverpool.
“We don’t like it of course. It brings noise that we don’t need and it’s not helpful. We don’t want to make more out of it than it actually is. It is easy to take lines out of context, shorten lines, make headlines and then realise later that it is not so bad,” he said.
“I totally understand the process and that is why it is a lot of noise, not a little noise. But still, we are not here to read the headlines. We can take the time to try and understand what is going on because it does not reflect the daily work, attitude and behaviour which Romelu shows here at Cobham.
“If you are such a big player like Romelu, it is always in the public. He should know what kind of value he has when he speaks out with messages like this. Everything is easier when we win,” Tuchel added.
Tuchel went on to say that, while Chelsea’s dressing room unity may be absent at the moment as a result of a string of poor results, this is not always a bad thing.
“The dressing room might not always be in harmony,” he continued.
“Sometimes it is good to be on the edge, in disharmony. With Romelu, I don’t think that anybody in this building is unaware that he is unhappy. I can see no reason why he should be like this. That’s all I can say.”
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