Remembering his first tenure at Chelsea, new/old Blues striker Romelu Lukaku remembers Didier Drogba. Africa’s and Chelsea’s legend has made a huge impact on many players, Lukaku included, and the two remain in close contact, as the former Ivory Coast international provides Lukaku with all the information he asks. And with Lukaku’s second debut with Chelsea coming up soon, he could try to emulate Drogba’s success with Arsenal. The Ivorian scored 13 goals in 15 games against Arsenal spanning nine years and two spells at Chelsea between 2004 and 2015. Chelsea profits ensure that Lukaku was bought but they still earned 678 million KshAnd Lukaku revealed he talks up with Drogba regularly. “Our relationship means the world to me. It’s not like we talk once a month, I talk to the guy every few days! We have a group chat so we’re constantly communicating and I’ve been on the phone with him a bit more in the past two weeks. I had a lot of questions to ask and he still knows a lot of people here so he really prepared me well with the last details” said Lukaku to the Chelsea website. ARSENAL – CHELSEA And the Belgian will have to really be better this time around, as he only scored 3 goals in his last 17 games against Arsenal, and his spells with West Brom, Everton and Manchester United are also included in that number. The 28 year old is a much more experienced now, and having played an excellent season with Serie A champions Inter, he is ready to really make an impact at Stamford Bridge. And his new boss Thomas Tuchel also feels the same. “He likes to play physical, he is comfortable playing with his back towards the goal. But he is also very, very strong in using his speed and pace. Romelu has a variety of strengths. He is strong in the air, he will give us a new power when we cross from the side. We do not have to change our style of play to make him shine” said Tuchel about his new striker.
