{"id":62878,"date":"2022-04-09T16:27:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T15:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/epl-the-marriage-hasnt-gone-well-tuchel-makes-fresh-admission-on-lukaku"},"modified":"2022-04-09T16:27:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T15:27:26","slug":"epl-the-marriage-hasnt-gone-well-tuchel-makes-fresh-admission-on-lukaku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-the-marriage-hasnt-gone-well-tuchel-makes-fresh-admission-on-lukaku","title":{"rendered":"EPL: The marriage hasn\u2019t gone well \u2013 Tuchel makes fresh admission on Lukaku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel has admitted that the club\u2019s \u201cmarriage\u201d with the returning Romelu Lukaku has not worked so far.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tuchel insists Lukaku\u2019s fortunes could still turn around.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgium striker returned to Stamford Bridge last summer from Inter Milan, but has so far failed to reproduce his Serie A form.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLukaku didn\u2019t destabilise us. 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