Chelsea manager Tuchel announced he was having showdown talks with Lukaku after the striker expressed his dissatisfaction just months after joining the club for a record feeThomas Tuchel told he has been "undermined" by Romelu Lukaku's "calculated" outburstChelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has been told he had no choice but to drop Romelu Lukaku from his squad to face Liverpool after the striker's comments to the Italian media. And former Chelsea striker Chris Sutton has suggested Tuchel "had to take action" after being undermined by the former Manchester United striker. "[Lukaku] has undermined the manager publicly. Tuchel had to take action because if he didn't he would lose respect of the players," Sutton told BBC Radio 5 Live. Bad bad bad.

Source: Daily Mirror January 04, 2022 14:49 UTC