Former Liverpool forward speaks out on how Lukaku was “blindsided by money” | OneFootball

Romelu Lukaku’s return to Chelsea has been a bit of a disaster so far, however you look at it.

CaughtOffside‘s exclusive interview this week is with former Liverpool player Stan Collymore, and he opined about the Belgian’s move and why it had gone so wrong.

He really insisted it was a matter of money, and that he had foreseen the troubles that emerged when Lukaku returned:

“If I’m honest, I was surprised he went back there because I remember him getting hammered when he missed a penalty in a Super Cup final. He got a lot of stick from Chelsea fans and left after that but sometimes you can be offered so much money that it skews your thought process,” Collymore said.

“Lukaku is a lesson to any player who is happy at a club, competing for trophies, working towards legendary status and then gets blindsided by money.”

It certainly was to do with money, but we don’t like the implication that the blame is on Chelsea. They made their offer, and Lukaku accepted. He could happily have remained in Milan, it was he who wanted the raise.

It’s a shame for both parties that it hasn’t worked out, but it could so easily have gone another way, and then nobody would be saying he made a mistake.

All parties now wish he had stayed put in Milan it seems.