Lukaku, with an open heart: “It was the worst year of my life, they said it in Italy to harm me”

Romelu Lukaku (33 years old) lived, last year, “the worst year of his life” both on a personal and football level. This is how he himself described it when explaining the difficult situation he went through in the Naples until, this summer, he managed to leave for Türkiye. Specifically, to Fenerbahce.

On the one hand, an injury kept him off the playing fields for quite some time. And, furthermore, he lost his father prematurely. Two facts that prevented him from showing the level with which he had enchanted the world in past years and that It clouded his relationship with the Neapolitan club.

Now, already wearing the shirt of his new team, the Belgian striker wanted open up about everything that happened: “It has been the worst year of my life. I have heard many things and certain decisions were made. If the situation was like this, it was best to leave. That he was not in shape is completely false. They probably said it in Italy to hurt me. “I’m 100% ready to play,” he said after the 1-1 draw against Lyon in the first leg of the Champions League playoffs.

And he made it clear that signing for Fenerbahce has been the best decision he could have made: “I need motivation until the end of my career. This is the best for me. I want to continue competing at the highest level. “I’m in a strong league, fighting for titles and, who knows, maybe also playing in the Champions League,” he concluded.