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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
James Robson

Chelsea’s No9 curse: Why is dream Romelu Lukaku return going so badly wrong?

Romelu Lukaku has gone from the final piece of the puzzle to just another problem for Thomas Tuchel.

The £97.5million club record signing was supposed to be a game-changer for Chelsea, the man to close the gap to Manchester City and, perhaps, deliver a first Premier League title since 2017.

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