‘There’s your daddy’ – Romelu Lukaku was ‘offended’ by joke Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel made about Antonio Conte
ROMELU LUKAKU'S strained relationship with Thomas Tuchel was a massive reason behind his Chelsea failure.
Lukaku, 29, first got on the wrong side of the German by criticising his coach's style of play and publicly expressing his desire to return to Inter in a now infamous interview.
Kinsella revealed: "To see him talk so highly of Inter [during the Sky Italia interview] was an insult to Chelsea fans.
"It broke the relationship with them.
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"And there was another incident behind the scenes that wasn't televised or anything like that.
"Someone told me that Lukaku and Tuchel were watching a Tottenham game and Tuchel said, 'There's your daddy', about Antonio Conte.
"It was just a joke, but apparently, it didn't go down very well with Lukaku."
Lukaku appeared unsettled at Chelsea and Tuchel left him out of his team for large chunks of the season with Kai Hvertz taking his place.
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But it seems the Belgian's woes will soon be over as he is returning to Inter on loan.
Lukaku has landed in Italy and is set to undergo a medical before finalising a switch back to Inter.
And he has already been greeted by hoards of adoring fans who defied a warning from Inter Ultras NOT to welcome the striker back to the club.