Forget Havertz – Tuchel told the perfect Chelsea replacement for Lukaku
According to reports, Romelu Lukaku’s perfect replacement is already at Chelsea, Thomas Tuchel has been informed.
Romelu Lukaku was given permission by Chelsea to return to Inter Milan on loan for the remainder of the season after a disappointing campaign at Stamford Bridge last year.
As a result, it has been reported that Kai Havertz will now be Chelsea’s line leader, despite Darren Bent’s opinion that Armando Broja could be a better choice.
Broja has only played once for Chelsea but made an impact while on loan at Southampton last season. Despite being widely linked with a move to West Ham earlier this month, Broja now seems poised to remain at Stamford Bridge.
Speaking on talkSPORT, Bent said: ‘Why have they not brought Broja back? He’s a perfect centre-forward. It looks like they are going to let him go. Give him a go.
‘If they create chances for him, he will score goals. He showed that at Southampton.’
Discussing Broja’s future at Chelsea last week, Blues boss Tuchel said: ‘I don’t expect Armando to leave.
‘We are aware of offers and we are aware of interest, that just tells us that there’s a lot of potential and we’ll take this decision with the owners, with me and, in the end, also with the player.
‘Right now, when he arrived for me it was clear he was trying to impress and he’s trying to become a Chelsea player as soon as possible.
‘After his loan at Southampton the situation was very clear, to make the next step, to show his improvement, to make an impression in pre-season, unfortunately he injured himself.
‘Of course there’s a lot of noise going on because there are offers and interest in him, let’s see how this goes.
‘But I’m pretty calm about it because we know the situation and we have a contracts and we go from there.’