LUKAKU SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE OVER ‘VOODOO’ CLAIM

LONDON: Romelu Lukaku is seeking legal advice over the claim by Everton’s major shareholder Farhad Moshiri that a voodoo message influenced his decision to leave the club in the summer, a representative of the Manchester United striker told the BBC.

“Romelu’s decision had nothing to do with voodoo,” the Belgian international’s representative told the BBC on Wednesday.

“He distances himself from these beliefs and this statement and will now see what judicial steps can be taken in relation to them.”

Moshiri had told Everton shareholders at their AGM on Tuesday that a phone call Lukaku had with his mother torpedoed a new contract with the Toffees that was 99.9% done, with the club prepared to pay him a reported £140,000 (RM756,000) a week.

“He said he was on a pilgrimage in Africa or somewhere and he had a voodoo and got the message that he needs to go to Chelsea,” said Moshiri.

Lukaku has been left seething by the claim.

His representative said the 24-year-old United striker’s decision had nothing to do with voodoo as he was a Roman Catholic, and that Lukaku simply wished to play for a club with a better chance of winning silverware.

“Romelu is very catholic and voodoo is not part of his life or his beliefs,” the representative said.