Thomas Tuchel has insisted Romelu Lukaku’s agent seeking talks with Chelsea’s new owners will not prove an FA Cup final distraction. Lukaku’s agent Federico Pastorello told Italian press he will aim for talks with Chelsea’s prospective new owner Todd Boehly, once the US magnate’s takeover is complete.
Thomas Tuchel said: “If he plans to talk with the owner maybe it’s not his plan to talk with me, so fair enough. Let’s see if he gets a meeting and he can get to talk, that’s his right. We will talk to anybody, to any party and we will evaluate any situation of any player, including Romelu’s. And then we will see what happens and what pans out. I just was aware of it five, 10 minutes ago actually. That’s what it is sometimes in football, the attention is so high that sometimes it attracts situations that you don’t want to have before big matches. But that’s the way it is. For me it’s not a distraction and hopefully for everybody who works for the team, and the player himself also.”
