‘They wear you down’ – Romelu Lukaku reveals lengths Chelsea went to to get rid of him

ROMELU LUKAKU has opened up astir his Chelsea departure, admitting helium was wholly frozen retired of the squad.

The 31-year-old joined Chelsea successful a immense £97.5million transportation from Inter Milan backmost successful 2021 – 7 years aft initially leaving Stamford Bridge.

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Romelu Lukaku has opened up astir his Chelsea exit[/caption]

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The striker present plays for Napoli having completed a imperishable determination past summer[/caption]

After a promising start, his signifier began to driblet and Lukaku rapidly fell retired of favour arsenic a effect of a bombshell interview whereby helium revealed helium was unhappy.

He was subsequently sent retired connected 2 successive indebtedness spells earlier completing a permanent transportation to Napoli for £38m.

Now, 7 months connected from his exit, Lukaku has opened up astir what happened successful his last months successful West London.

The Belgium planetary told Corriere dello Sport: “I wasn’t unsocial astatine Chelsea. Aubameyang and Ziyech were besides retired of the project. 

“They made america alteration successful the younker locker room. It’s business, the nine tells you it doesn’t privation you anymore and often besides wherever you’ll extremity up.

“But if you privation to leave, adjacent for superior reasons, you don’t person the option. They resistance it retired until the past moment, they deterioration you down. 

“Clubs person relationships with the media, and it doesn’t instrumentality overmuch to enactment a subordinate successful a hard presumption oregon make the incorrect image. 

“Believe me, I’ve seen things I ne'er thought I would. One day, I’d similar to explicate each of this to younger players, who is truly moving for them and who is moving against them.”

The striker besides claimed that helium was misinterpreted by fans and pundits during his clip astatine Stamford Bridge.

He continued: “In England they had the incorrect idea. For them I was lazy, but I ne'er reacted to the attacks.

“I americium idiosyncratic who does his occupation and past goes home. 

“In Italy the sentiment has been reversed, present I americium a worker. Now I americium amended than erstwhile I was astatine Inter.”

Lukaku has scored 9 goals and provided 8 assists successful 27 appearances for Napoli truthful acold this season.