Romelu Lukaku has reportedly been forced to train with Chelsea U21s and has not held a single conversation with head coach Mauricio Pochettino.
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Chelsea are desperate to sell Lukaku in the summer transfer window following his season-long loan at Inter Milan last term.
Lukaku has agreed personal terms with Juventus but Chelsea have been unable to strike a deal with the Italian side.
Juventus are only interested in a cash plus player-swap deal which would see Dusan Vlahovic head in the other direction.
The problem is that Pochettino is not a fan of Vlahovic and has no desire to bring him to Stamford Bridge.
Lukaku rejected a move to Saudi Arabia earlier in the window and there is no other concrete interest in the Belgian, leaving the 30-year-old stuck in transfer limbo.
The Telegraph report that Lukaku is now training with Chelsea U21s and still has not spoken to Pochettino since the Argentine arrived as head coach this summer.
Lukaku had been linked with a permanent move to Inter Milan earlier in the window but the Champions League runners-up were unable to meet his price tag.
Manchester United, meanwhile, have been urged to consider bringing in Lukaku by their former striker Dwight Yorke.
‘Romelu Lukaku is absolutely still good enough to play for a top-six club,’ Yorke told OLBG. ‘As much as people say about Lukaku, he has a very impressive goalscoring record and he doesn’t get as much credit as he deserves.’
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