Romelu lukaku had a transfer request turned down by Chelsea, it has been revealed, before joining Everton on a season-long loan.
The Belgium international has been in scintillating form since making the move to Goodison Park on transfer deadline day, scoring seven goals in eight Premier League appearances.
The 20-year-old's goalscoring record, coupled with Fernando Torres, Demba Ba and Samuel Eto'o's poor form for Chelsea,
has seen manager Jose Mourinho come in for criticism for allowing Lukaku to leave. It has now emerged that Lukaku asked to
leave Stamford Bridge permanently in the wake of his penalty miss in the Uefa Super Cup clash with Bayern Munich that
cost the Blues the game.
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Chelsea immediately rejected the request to leave and Mourinho has now hinted that it was Lukaku's desire to leave, rather than his own wish to see him go that saw him join the Everton.
Mourinho said: "Romelu likes to speak. The only thing that he didn't say is why he went to Everton on loan.
"When some day he scored and he was saying 'I hope Jose is watching this'. It was like saying 'why did he let me go?' and that's what I'm telling you now. Tell the country why you left. Ask him.
"When you keep quiet all the time, you keep quiet all the time. When you like to speak, when you enjoy to speak, speak everything. Don't speak only half of it. Speak everything.
"And it's a simple question: why did you leave Chelsea? Ask him."
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