Ferdinand baffled at Chelsea star for not ‘going nuts’ at team-mates

Rio Ferdinand agrees with Gary Lineker that Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku should be “going nuts” at his team-mates over their lack of service.

Lukaku had just seven touches of the ball in Saturday’s 1-0 Premier League win at Crystal Palace in another testing outing for the Blues.

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His display against Palace was defended by Lineker on Match of the Day, he said: “When I played, if I wasn’t getting much of the ball, if I wasn’t getting service, I would be hammering people.”

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And Ferdinand is baffled as to why Lukaku didn’t make more of his team-mates lack of service during the match.

“I agree with Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer by the way, if anyone saw their comments, if I’m Lukaku I’m going nuts,” Ferdinand said on his Vibe with Five YouTube channel.

“[I would be saying] get me that ball, get wide and cross me the ball, play the ball in behind when you get the opportunity, play to my strengths.

“I think that’s probably the biggest issue you’ve got with Chelsea at the moment – what’s their best team? I don’t think [Thomas] Tuchel knows his best team at the moment.

“He wants to get a £100m player in, which is understandable, in Lukaku and he’s hit a bit of a bad run in terms of goals.

“They’ve got to find a way of playing to his strengths. Lukaku’s strengths… what are they?