Mourinho: Lukaku Mentality And Approach Not Highly Motivated

[alan_stubbs]

Lukaku not up for Chelsea fight - Mourinho


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has claimed that he sold Romelu Lukaku to Everton because the Belgian striker did not have the stomach to fight for a place at Stamford Bridge.

Lukaku joined Everton in a club-record £28 million ($47.4 million, 35.4 million euros) transfer on Wednesday, having scored 16 goals in 33 appearances while on loan at Goodison Park last season.

The 21-year-old faced competition from new signing Diego Costa and returning club great Didier Drogba at Chelsea, and Mourinho felt that he did not possess the drive to win a first-team place.

"Romelu was always clear that in his mentality and his approach he was not highly motivated to come to a competitive situation at Chelsea," Mourinho told Thursday's edition of British newspaper the Daily Mirror.

"He wanted to play for Chelsea, but clearly only as first-choice striker. And at a club of our dimension, it's very difficult to promise a player that status.

"That r

[Everton_Freak]

Chucking his toys out already.

[alan_stubbs]

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Things are a bit too sterile in the game these days, and I believe we need more characters in Football. The problem with Mourinho is that he can come out with some crackers and be quite funny, then the next thing you know he's turning people off him by acting like a stroppy child. Remember the stupid remark about Wenger being an expert in losing (or whatever); and didn't he poke one of the Barcalona Coaching Team in the eye? Think it was the guy that recently died of cancer

[Everton_Freak]

"Specialist in Failure"

That was brilliant...

[alan_stubbs]

"Specialist in Failure"

That was brilliant...

[color=navy]
I knew it was something along those lines

[Punchy_B]

Must admit I've always liked Mourinho despite the cockiness and arrogance. I think he's put his foot in it with Rom though and realised he's made a boo boo in re-signing Drogba (fan-pleaser) - who may have another 10 goals in him before he'll be made assistant coach or something.

[alan_stubbs]

Must admit I've always liked Mourinho despite the cockiness and arrogance. I think he's put his foot in it with Rom though and realised he's made a boo boo in re-signing Drogba (fan-pleaser) - who may have another 10 goals in him before he'll be made assistant coach or something.

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Think you may be right Punchy. He appears to have messed up on a couple of fronts, and bringing back former players more often not never ends well; but then again, with Mourinho, this could all end up being a master stroke