Lukaku tipped to return vs Wolves

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has hinted at a return to the starting XI for Belgium international Romelu Lukaku.

The Belgian who has been struggling for game time was an unused substitute against his former club Everton last Sunday.

However, ahead of the match against Wolves this weekend, the Blues head coach revealed Lukaku has reacted well in training this week.

‘I want him to be an important part of the squad, right now he is very important. There is no recruitment and no players are about to leave because it’s simply not possible,’ the boss said as he briefed the media at Cobham.

‘We need to adapt all the time, to contractual situations and also individual situations, what we and the players want.

‘We signed a big player, he is a big player. He didn’t come on [at Everton] as we had only three changes, and unfortunately we used one at half-time with Jorginho. Otherwise there was a huge chance we had the same changes as against West Ham, with Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech,’ he added.

‘He trained very well, maybe he starts tomorrow, we’ll see.’