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"Because we brought Jorginho off. We only had three changes," the reply from Thomas Tuchel when asked about not bringing his almost-£100million striker on when his Chelsea side were desperate for a goal at Goodison Park. The Blues fell behind against Everton on 46 minutes as Richarlison capitalised on some poor defending from Cesar Azpilicueta.

Chelsea need a goal - surely, you look no further than your £100m man sitting down on the bench. Right? Well, not in this case. Tuchel looked further.

The German coach put it down to Jorginho coming off at half-time with an injury, which of course limited the number of changes he could make later on in the match. However, Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech were called upon by the Chelsea head coach rather than Lukaku.

There was a feeling, particularly in the press box that Lukaku might start against Everton. His former club at his old stomping ground. It could have been the perfect time for the Belgian to get his Chelsea career back on track.

Instead, it was actually the latest sign that Lukaku's future could well be away from Chelsea despite completing a club record move back to Stamford Bridge just last August. How do Chelsea go about the situation, though?

The Blues may well look to just cut their losses with Lukaku. Signed for £97.5m last summer, realistically,