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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Samuel Meade

Thomas Tuchel offers awkward response when asked why he finally started Romelu Lukaku

Thomas Tuchel joked that he picked Romelu Lukaku due to the relentless questions regarding the Chelsea forward before he was booed off by a small section of fans at Stamford Bridge.

The German saw the forward arrive from Inter Milan in the summer for a club-record fee and the Belgian began with a bang in west London, scoring against Arsenal on his first outing. Since then though Lukaku has endured a mixed time of it at Stamford Bridge.

There are doubts as to whether the former Inter Milan star fits into Tuchel's system, which is why he's often been named on the bench. Lukaku then did little to endear himself to the Chelsea fans when he talked up a return to Italy, before later apologising.

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