Lukaku Yet To Connect Effectively With Teammates -Tuchel Speaks Ahead Chelsea vs Southampton

Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel has revealed that Romelu Lukaku is yet to have a strong connection with his teammates.

Tuchel made this known in a prematch conference, where he stated that the Belgian international is still adjusting to life with the club.

Recall that Lukaku has netted three goals since his arrival from Inter Milan this summer, scoring against Arsenal and Tottenham respectively.

“Yes and no. He was fully involved in the first game against Arsenal, the second half against Tottenham he was involved in creating chances for Timo Werner, Mason in the first half.

“I think that football right now is about connections, Romelu I feel has a strong connection with Mason Mount and Mateo Kovacic.

“They look for each other and have an understanding, everybody else maybe lacks it a bit so they need to learn and understand and adapt, create better of course.”

The German boss continued: “Like I said, we have games where he was fully involved but now we have games like against Manchester City where of course he was isolated, City made him that, our transition did that as well. There will always be matches like this. There is no place to go.

“Sometimes you have these games so maybe this one is not a reference game. We will talk maybe totally different if he had scored in the 80th minute [against Juventus] which was a chance he normally scores.

“It is right but nothing major to worry about. We are aware of it.”