Romelu Lukaku faced disciplinary action from Chelsea after admitting he never wanted to leave Inter Milan.
Boss Thomas Tuchel vowed to read a riot act to his £97.5m striker after claiming he was unhappy with life in the Blues.
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And the German’s mood would not improve when the second part of Lukaku’s interview with Sky Italia surfaced suggesting he had been pushed to Stamford Bridge over the summer.
Lukaku, 28, said: “If last summer had been offered a new contract from Inter, as I wanted, we would be doing this interview quietly now, not here from London, but from Milan.
“In that case I would have been 100 percent at Inter last summer. There’s no need to discuss that.
“I’m always thinking of Milano, Milano, Milano. The fans of Inter are the best in the world. I love the city and the best moment of my career was at Inter.
“I love Italy – I have Inter in my heart.”
When asked about the possibility of playing again with his former Inter strike partner Lautaro Martinez, Lukaku added more fuel to the fire.
He said: “I miss Lautaro Martínez, I could have died for him on the pitch as I met him from day one.
“Lautaro Martinez coming here with me to Chelsea in the future? No, Lautaro, you can stay in Milan, I’ll be back there…”
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Lukaku is trying to please Inter fans, who left the club over the summer to help them become Serie A champions.
But it has had the exact opposite effect on Chelsea.
Tuchel rejected the idea of selling the striker back to Inter, but asked if disciplinary action and talks were likely, Tuchel said: “We will.
“We will do it behind closed doors and we will do it openly, as I think the relationship has always been and has been, so there will be no comment on that publicly.
“I don’t like it because it brings in noise that we don’t need and it’s not helpful. If anything, it’s behind closed doors, of course.”
“You know very well how to take lines out of context, it’s all too easy to shorten lines, make headlines, and realize later that it’s not that bad and probably not meant to be.
Sometimes it’s good to be on the edge, to be in a bit of quietness.
Thomas Tuchel
“But let’s be honest, we don’t like it, I don’t like it, because it’s noise we don’t need. We need a quiet environment and focus and it doesn’t help.
“I don’t make her feel sad. I feel the exact opposite. If you’d asked me tomorrow morning I’d say I feel the exact opposite, so it’s surprising.”
“The dressing room is not always necessary to live in harmony. It is not necessary to be successful. We do not necessarily have to love each other, hug each other every day.
“Sometimes it’s good to be on the edge, when there is some degree of disagreement in the middle of some boundaries.
“Thing with Romelu, I don’t think anyone in this building knows he’s unhappy and that’s what makes us wonder so much about this statement because I see no reason why it should be.”
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