Romelu Lukaku he leaves the Belgium retreat early and returns to Naples to prepare for the match against Roma. The hypothesis of a pact with the technical commissioner was denied Domenico Tedesco, directly from the latter, who thus motivated the decision to send home the former Inter and Roma player: “He wanted to take the field against Italy at all costs, for us it was a final, but now he has a chronic knee inflammation, he had to have an infiltration and he wasn’t available for 3-4 days, he won’t even be able to train.”
Now we need to understand how much this knee inflammation can affect his presence in the big match against Romascheduled for next Sunday Maradona. Napoli will return to training on Tuesday, after two days of rest granted to the team by Antonio Conte. In the next few hours, when he lands at Castel Volturno, Lukaku will be evaluated by the Azzurri medical staff. And we will understand the extent of this problem.
Lukaku returned to the national team after several months, he hadn’t played since the European Championship, then he decided to remain in Naples to find his best form. He had not done his preparation, having remained at Chelsea until the penultimate day of the transfer window and therefore without the possibility of carrying out his preparation with Conte. Knee problems have already gripped him in the past and Big Rom has always lived with it. It is still early to consider him at great risk for Roma.