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Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has reportedly backed Thomas Tuchel ’s decision to discipline Romelu Lukaku.
Abramovich footed the bill when Chelsea splashed out a club-record £97.5million to sign Lukaku from Inter Milan in the summer.
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel says there’ll be disciplinary action taken against Romelu Lukaku.
Lukaku has apologised for last week’s critical interview on Italian television.
Tuchel confirmed Lukaku will have to accept a fine: “There will be some disciplinary action and he will accept it of course.
“What happened, happened. It is not a small thing, but it is not the biggest thing out there. It does not make a comeback impossible – absolutely not. This is what we prove now but something happened, and he will be fined and of course he needs to accept it.”
Tuchel also thanked the efforts of the club for the way they dealt with the situation and praised the “open and close relationship” that he has with other senior Chelsea personnel.
“It is not about my opinion and the club’s opinion. It is not about how I push my opinions through or the club. We had our doubts and we reflect on the situation. The more the story went on I had a clear opinion, and I was happy that it was okay for the club to go with it. I had the feeling it was fine.
“I spoke also to the players because it was not only about my feeling or ideas. Even in a moment like this where there are easier things to deal with, it was very nice to see that we have an open and very close relationship.
“We can find very quick solutions without any political interference, without pulling in every disturbing factor. We put them aside and isolate it on the moment and what is best for the moment. From there we went on, and it was very nice to be a part of it.”