While Romilly Lukaku and Chelsea are both in Champions League action again this week,

We deserve to be here in this stage of the competition.

We also understand that the opponent is really high level.

The striker's disappointing loan spell at Inter is almost over.

He's celebrated goal that it does every single week,

is being racially abused in the crowd.

How can he give someone a yellow card?

And his parent club are in desperate need of a centre forward.

You need the number nine, that's all you need.

As a new manager going into Chelsea, in my opinion.

Is this relationship, though, broken beyond repair?

And do they actually need each other more than they'd care to admit?

I'm Mark Chapman.

This is the Athletic Football Podcast.

It looks like James to put it on a plate for Lukaku.

Strength just to get into that position, that desperation to get the goal.

This was classic Lukaku.

The parting gift, the Abramich regime to the new owners.

This is one that you can't lay at the door of Boli and Eg Barley.

Everything is possible in relation to Lukaku's future.

I think the interview crystallised the problems that didn't create them.

The interview was about saying goodbye to the Intervence.

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