Thomas Tuchel can expect a knock on his door between now and the weekend.
Romelu Lukaku will want to stress to his manager how eager he is to return to Chelsea's starting line-up when they take on his former club Manchester United this Sunday.
Though the Belgian is only just back to fitness following an ankle injury, he'd love little more than to score a goal or two against opponents not exactly in the rudest of health.



It isn't as though Lukaku's exit from Old Trafford in 2019 was really bitter or acrimonious, just that he never truly fitted in there after United paid £75million to buy him, pulling out all the stops to convince him not to return to Chelsea.