On-loan Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku provided a easy response to the suggestion that his efficiency in opposition to England on Tuesday night time was a need to show himself right here once more.
Belgium and England drew the pleasant recreation at Wembley 2-2, following a last-minute equaliser from Jude Bellingham after Ivan Toney and Youri Tielemans had grabbed the sport’s different targets.
Chatting with Sky Sports after the match, Lukaku described what it felt wish to concede a last-minute equaliser.
“That’s soccer on the finish of the day,” he mentioned. “It’s not over till the referee blows the ultimate whistle, however now we have to proceed and see progress, and we had an okay efficiency right this moment.”
Lukaku captained the aspect earlier than being substituted within the match, serving to lay on an help to Tielemans with a superb trivela cross on the finish of the second half. He did need to snicker off a query when requested if his personal sturdy efficiency was the results of his need to wish to impress when returning to England, nevertheless.
“Ha ha, I don’t know – you’ll need to ask Chelsea about it,” Lukaku retorted.
The 30-year-old is ready to return to Stamford Bridge in the summertime when his mortgage spell at Roma finishes, although he is not anticipated to stay round lengthy till he leaves the membership once more – this time doubtless on a everlasting switch.
Certainly, the Belgian has been linked with one other return to Serie A and even Saudi Arabia, as Chelsea look to recoup as a lot of the £97.5m they paid for him the summer season of 2021. That deal did not work out as anticipated, with Lukaku’s Chelsea return shortly turning right into a catastrophe beneath Thomas Tuchel.
A season-long mortgage at Inter Milan in 2022/23 preceded this time period at Roma, with Lukaku’s time within the Premier League and England seemingly set to be over for good.
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