Romelu Lukaku’s agent gives positive update on striker’s injury | OneFootball

Romelu Lukaku’s injury was the dark moment of Chelsea’s win over Malmo, but the good news is that the more we hear about it, the less severe it sounds.

Lukaku went down under a bad tackle, the replays showed his ankle crushed inside out under the weight of a defender, and the striker was down for a long time getting treatment. It’s no surprise everyone was worried.

But Lukaku’s agent Federico Pastorello has spoken in quotes picked up by Football365 where he has calmed fears, and pretty much ruled out any serious ligament or joint injury.

“When he stood up I thought it is not a good sign and now we are waiting for the exams so we will know something more soon,” Pastorello said.

“But if you see the pictures and the video of the injury, the position of the ankle is really under the weight of the body but he is a strong boy and he wants so much to play every game so he will be back stronger soon I am sure.

“He was on fire but he is really concentrated and will be focused on his recovery as soon as possible.

“He has his physio at home so he is working hard every evening even before he goes to sleep so if there is a time to come back it will be earlier than planned.”

It will be sore and swollen we’d imagine, and there may be a tear, but it’s not as bad as it could have been. If he’s already working with a physio at home rather than just resting, it means he’s likely less than a month away from a return to action.

The team can soldier on without him, and we don’t want him rushed back. He was struggling for form after a long summer, and we can’t risk overplaying him in his first few months back at the club.