Martinez: Lukaku words were taken out of context
Everton manager Roberto Martinez feels that Romelu Lukakus comments about playing for a top club have been taken out of context and says that the Belgian loves playing for Everton.
Lukaku silenced his critics with three goals in an away victory against BSC Young Boys and the Catalan says that Lukaku will continue to do his talking on the pitch.
“Rom was delighted to commit himself to Everton,” said Martinez. “He loves playing for Everton, and I think he showed that today.
“A footballer needs to be measured by the way he talks on the pitch. Sometimes a microphone can be put in front of you and people then dissect everything you say and highlight a word or line which is not appropriate.
“There has been a lot written about that – there was a conversation taken a little bit out of context after the Chelsea game.
“It was clearly someone looking for a headline about if Rom wanted to perform in order to come back to Chelsea, and his answer probably didn’t reflect what he meant.”
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