Merson supports Conte claims on Lukaku

Former Arsenal football star Paul Merson has supported former Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte over his comment on Romelu Lukaku under Thomas Tuchel at Arsenal.

Recall that Conte, in a previous statement, had said Tuchel was misusing Lukaku and was yet to figure how to use him.

This comes after the Blues recent double defeat against Man City and Juventus.

Conte, during his days at Inter Milan won the Italian Seria A with Lukaku in his team last season.

Merson, In his reaction via a column on the Daily Star, said, “Antonio Conte is right about Chelsea – they are not getting the best out of Romelu Lukaku.

“Conte was saying this week that his old club are still trying to figure things out with Lukaku and I think he’s right.”

Merson stressed that Chelsea players were looking for Lukaku too much, and sometimes they ignore a better ball when the one to Lukaku is just not going through.

The former Arsenal star stressed that Lukaku is too focused on feeling defenders and backing in and needs to get a bit cuter around the box with his flick-ons and lay-offs.

“I think they’ll get it right. They just need to find better patterns of play,” Merson said.