Romelu Lukaku aims fresh dig at Chelsea over regular criticism - 'Blah, blah, blah'

Romelu Lukaku has launched an attack on his critics and claims that he was mis-profiled during at .

Lukaku, 31, this summer after spending the last two seasons out on loan. in August 2021, having first left the Blues seven years earlier.

After hitting the ground running under , an unsanctioned and inflammatory interview mid-season , as his goalscoring form suffered a drastic drop-off. was loaned back to former club for the 2022-23 season before spending last term with .

Now at Napoli, scoring three goals and laying on five assists in his first six games, the 31-year-old has reopened old wounds while appearing on a podcast, . "In England, they wanted to put me in a box," Lukaku bemoaned.

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"They see someone built like me and think he's the new , and because Didier did what he did they think I have to do the same. I'm not like that. Didier was more back to goal, he could hold up the ball no matter where you play it in from. That wasn't my style, bro.

"The narratives when I was in England was, 'he's lazy, he doesn't work hard, he's not a leader, he's selfish, first, he cannot hold a ball, blah, blah, blah'. I played 2 years at Inter, 'back to goal he's the best player in the , he's top-five'."

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The ex- star is so focussed on getting his career back on track that he's reportedly informed that he'll only play for Napoli until 2025, missing the first part of his country's campaign. Chelsea banked £30m from Lukaku's sale in August and crucially got his £325,000-a-week wages off their books.

Napoli manager wanted Lukaku before United signed him from in 2017 but he finally got to work with him at Inter. "I have always said that I wanted Romelu because he is an atypical striker," Conte said. "He is extremely tall and physically strong, but also very good at sprinting forward. His condition is still nowhere near optimal, but he becomes fundamental for us."

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