Chelsea board confirmed Lukaku will be fined for his controversial interview

Chelsea's board and confirmed Romelu Lukaku will be fined for his recent controversial interview, after his Public Apologies...

Thomas Tuchel has hailed the strength of his 'close relationship' with Chelsea's board and confirmed Romelu Lukaku will be fined for his recent controversial interview.



Club-record signing Lukaku apologised for revealing his unhappiness at Chelsea in an interview released last Thursday but conducted three weeks prior.

The £98million summer recruit was omitted from Sunday's 2-2 Premier League draw with Liverpool, but is now back in training and in contention for Wednesday's Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Tottenham.

Tuchel believes Lukaku did not intend to cause such widespread damage and is determined to “clean the mess up”, but also lifted the lid on his tight-knit working relationship with Chelsea's board.

Chelsea managers always come off worse amid disharmony with the board, but Tuchel has forged robust links to directors Petr Cech and Marina Granovskaia.

And now that hard work and cooperative spirit appears to have borne fruit, with Tuchel receiving vindication for his strong stance.

Chelsea's Thomas Tuchel Press Conference about Romelu Lukaku Sorry.

“There will be some discipline actions of course and he will accept it; what happened happened,” said Tuchel.

“It's not a small thing but it's not the biggest thing. And it does not make a comeback impossible, absolutely not. This is what we've proved now.

“Something happened, he will be fined and of course he needs to accept it.

“It's not about I push my opinions through or the club pushes their opinions through, we are adults and we reflect the situation.

“The more the story went on I had a clear opinion and I was happy that was OK with the club to go with it.

“And I had a feeling it was really OK, as I also spoke to the other players.

“We have a very open, close relationship and we can find very quick solutions, without any political interference, putting every disturbing factor aside and just looking at the issue isolated on the moment and from there we went.

“And it was very nice to be a part of it. Between Petr, Marina and me it was very calm, very quick and very open.”

Romelu Lukaku: Chelsea striker makes public apology and returns to training ahead of Tottenham Carabao Cup clash

Tuchel confirmed on Tuesday that Lukaku is in contention to return for Chelsea in Wednesday's Carabao Cup semi-final against Tottenham, having stood down the club-record signing down for Sunday's 2-2 Premier League draw with Liverpool.

"To the fans, I'm sorry for the upset that I caused," Lukaku said in an interview with the club website.

"You guys know the connection that I have with this club since my teenage years, so I totally understand you guys being upset.

"Obviously, it's up to me now to restore your trust and I'll do my best to show commitment every day on the training ground and in the games, trying to make sure that we win games.

"And also to the manager, I apologise, and also to my team-mates and the board, because I think it was not the right moment also and I want to move forward from this and make sure that we start winning football games and that I perform for the team in the best manner."

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