Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel insists he believes in Romelu Lukaku.

While the Belgian, who of course is in his second spell at Stamford Bridge, hasn't hit the same heights as he did with Inter in Serie A so far, Tuchel has said there is still more to come from our record signing and believes Lukaku's "Chelsea chapter" is ongoing.

"We wanted Romelu and we bought him because we believed in him, and still do," Tuchel explained.

"Has it worked out in a way everybody wanted so far? No, of course not. It is not on Romelu after two defeats, he didn't even start these two last matches. We play the cup competitions until the end, we play [FA Cup] semi-final, we play the Carabao Cup final, and the Club World Cup final and we are in the race for top three in the hardest league. We have had one tough result against Real Madrid but we cannot put this on one player.

"We are still working to make it better. We had a reason to spend this amount of money and he had reasons to come here and complete his Chelsea chapter. This is ongoing.

"Anything can change in the blink of an eye in football and there was already a chance to have a huge uplift here. As a striker, the story can be written quickly and differently."