Florent Malouda has urged Chelsea fans to be patient with Romelu Lukaku and has claimed that if given time he could become a club legend like Didier Drogba.
Expectations were high when the Blues spent a club record £97.5 million to sign the 28-year-old from Inter Milan last summer, but the Belgium striker has struggled in his first season back at Stamford Bridge.
Lukaku has scored 10 goals in 28 appearances this term and was at the centre of controversy after admitting in an interview with Sky Italia that he was unhappy with his lack of game time at Chelsea and that he harboured hopes of a return to former club Inter Milan in the future.