Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has opened the door to reuniting with striker Romelu Romelu Romelu Lukaku if the Belgian takes the first step.
Pochettino has not even spoken to Romelu Lukaku, who has been training with the Under-21s since it was made clear earlier in the summer that a move would be in everyone's best interest, but the 30-year-old turned down a move to Saudi Arabia and saw Inter end their quest.
Juventus remain keen on Romelu Lukaku but have yet to make a specific offer for the striker, who they believe can replace Dusan Vlahovic only if the Serb leaves Torino. With just a week left in the transfer window, leaving Chelsea seems increasingly unlikely and it is now understood that the Blues are ready to try to reintegrate Romelu Lukaku into the first team if manager Mauricio Pochettino blesses him.
Asked if Romelu Lukaku could return, Pochettino refused to close the door permanently. "The situation has not changed," he said at a news conference Thursday. "Like I told you in football, anything can happen. We will see what happens in the future, but for now the situation has not changed. Pochettino went on to stress that Romelu Lukaku must find him and talk to him about his future at Chelsea if anything changes.
"If your desire with the club is to find some solution, it's not me. It's they who need to talk to me, he explained. "In this case, the players and the club [must] talk to me and tell me that something has changed. I won't move until the club and the players want to talk to me. I am here.
I admit that this was the case when I arrived. As we all know, the situation is there. I can't change anything. ”。“ Will things change in the future? Football will always change and lives will change. I saw [Jurgen] Kloopp say 'we should pay £100 million, I won't do this business' and they bid £100 million. He said 'oh, I made a mistake'. The same is true. Of course, in football, the dynamics are fast and changing. At the moment, today, nothing has changed. ”
He added: "(Lukaku) was very clear before we came here. It was a desire between the club and the players, to find a solution. At the moment, we are relaxed. Nothing happened. We'll let you know if anything changes, but nothing has changed at this time. ”