Lukaku rejects reports he wants crunch talks over Chelsea future
Romelu Lukaku has insisted suggestions his agent would seek talks with Chelsea's incoming owners about his future are "not in my name".
Lukaku's agent Federico Pastorello was quoted in the Italian media as having said he aimed to sit down with prospective Chelsea owner Todd Boehly once the US magnate's takeover is complete.
Blues boss Thomas Tuchel insisted the comments had not created any distraction ahead of today's FA Cup final against Liverpool.
Afterwards, Lukaku moved to offer his own opinion of the situation.
"Never ever will I let someone speak for me," the Belgium striker posted on his Instagram story. "I kept my mouth shut and focused on helping the team and end the season in the best way possible.
"So if someone out there trying to say something about me and the club, not in my name."
Lukaku has appeared unsettled at Chelsea ever since admitting in a Sky Italia interview in late December that he was unhappy at Stamford Bridge.
The 29-year-old apologised for those comments and has fought to rebuild his position at Chelsea, and is now the Blues' top goalscorer with 15 strikes in all competitions.
Lukaku has fired three goals in his last two Chelsea outings, but will be battling to start today's cup final. Tuchel
remained calm about the wider situation, though, ahead of the Liverpool battle.
"If he plans to talk with the owner maybe it's not his plan to talk with me, so fair enough," said Tuchel.
"For me it's not a distraction and hopefully for everybody who works for the team, and the player himself also."
Liverpool head to Wembley aiming to land their second piece of silverware this season, with a Champions League final reunion with Real
Madrid still to come at the end of the month.
An unprecedented quadruple looks increasingly unlikely with Manchester City holding the upper hand in the Premier League, but three cups in one campaign would still represent a huge success and would match the trio of major trophies (excluding the Uefa Super Cup and Club World Cup) Jurgen Klopp won in his previous six years at the club.
The squad Klopp has assembled is arguably the greatest
in the club's history but, for all their quality, they could end up with just the Carabao Cup for theireffortsattheendoftheseason.whilethatwouldbeamassive disappointment the Liverpool manager said fans should cherish the memories which have been created, win or lose.
"When I say 'Enjoy the journey' I mean it as there have been so many great moments already," he said. "If we stop (winning) now it's not great, as we didn't win the FA Cup final and didn't win the Champions
League final and came second in the Premier League...
"Forgetthatandjustsay'wow, that was a ride'. We only cause ourselves problems as human beings-'don'tcomehomewithout a quadruple', for example you will never be happy.
"Ifthatistheonlywaytosatisfy you that is really difficult.
"We are three points away (from City) and seven goals. We will try (to win the Premier League). We cannot do more and I can enjoy that - if people can't I cannot change that."