Romelu Lukaku’s situation is still very precarious in Naples. The 32-year-old striker first suffered a long ischial injury at the start of the season, and for almost 4 months. His return took a long time but he did reappear at the end of January. He even scored against Hellas Verona on February 28 but his physical condition was still not optimal. Antonio Conte made him a luxury replacement until these new muscle problems. This time, the player went to Belgium for treatment. It doesn’t really have much more internally.
“Romelu decided to stay in Belgium to train and recover from his injury. We are not happy, because we would have liked to speak with him here in Naples. He should be back next week and he knows there will be consequences“, declared Giovanni Manna, the sporting director of Napoli. These famous consequences are no longer playing at all by the end of the season, before an inevitable separation at the next transfer window. That doesn’t really help the Belgian, who has the World Cup, possibly the last of his career, in his sights.
Conte didn’t like Lukaku’s attitude
He will arrive in the selection, certainly fresh, but short of rhythm. He finally returned to Campania at the start of the week but the situation is inevitably tense. He is still not available to play, where yesterday, Naples crushed Cremonese 4-0 on behalf of the 34th day of Serie A. Another problem this time, it is with Antonio Conte with whom he had to speak. The two men are close. The technician brought him back to the club, and before that to Inter. The Belgian didn’t even go see his coach to talk.
“I didn’t talk to him. I know someone spoke to him, he came to the center, but I didn’t speak to him directlysaid last night the Italian, quite disappointed by the attitude of his favorite attacker. My office was there though and no one came to knock on my door. I’m disappointed. I was waiting for something, even if it was just a message. In these situations, we try to understand all the players, but no one makes the effort to understand the coach.» This statement will not help Lukaku return to the field…
