Versatile academy graduate Chaloba made a near-perfect Premier League debut at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as he helped Thomas Tuchel’s team keep zero goals in the first game of the top league in the 2021/22 season. Long shot scored a super goal. Defeated the London opponent Crystal Palace by a 3-0 advantage.
This is an unforgettable moment for the 22-year-old player. He joined Chelsea’s youth team 14 years ago, after being loaned to Huddersfield, Ipswich and French club Lorient. He had to wait patiently for an opportunity in a senior team to keep his position after an impressive pre-season game and a 120-minute European Super Cup victory over Villarrea in Belfast. After that, he was in the starting XI.
Due to quarantine restrictions, Lukaku failed to make his debut for the Blues in the opening weekend with a club record of 97.5 million pounds, but he will participate in the first team training in Cobham on Tuesday and will face Assen at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Satisfied.
However, although he was not allowed to play against Palace, the Belgian still closely followed the progress of the game and was happy for Chaloba, who had previously played against Trevor’s brother in the first Chelsea match in 2011-14 Nathaniel has a close relationship.
Lukaku told Chelsea’s internal media team in a video posted on Monday: “I was talking to Nate a few days after his brother scored.”
“When his brother scored, I was very excited. It came to me.
“Because when I came, his brother Nate really hugged me [in 2011] Because we were a year apart, he really took time to show me around London and things like that.
“When his brother scored, it was too much.”
