Romelu Lukaku has revealed that he had dreams of joining Barcelona, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich before signing for Chelsea in the summer.
The European champions paid £97.5m to sign Lukaku from Inter Milan during the summer window, but an interview has now emerged where the Belgian stated his unhappiness at Stamford Bridge during the early days of December.
While being keen to allude to the fact that the comments came when Lukaku was not in the starting lineup, Blues head coach Thomas Tuchel has admitted that he 'did not like' the interview given by one of his key players.
The second part of the interview with Sky Sport Italia has now been broadcast with Lukaku suggesting that he would have preferred to sign for Barcelona, Real Madrid or Bayern if he were to ever depart Inter.
The 28-year-old said: "In my opinion, there are three absolute top teams in football - Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Every player dreams of playing for one of these teams one day. So I thought if I ever had that possibility, I would sign a new contract with Inter and then go there.
"But it didn't happen, so I told myself that there is only one team where I could possibly see myself - Chelsea. I wasn't thinking about going there, but at one point they came in for me and so I asked [Inter boss Simone] Inzaghi to leave.
"The fact that they didn't try to make me sign a new contract bothered me a bit, it hurt me even. If Inter offered me a new contract, I would have stayed 100%. That goes without saying."
Lukaku has since scored three times in his last four appearances, but his starting spot against Liverpool at the weekend is very much in doubt.
Darren Plant
