‘I thought he’d be perfect!’ Eidur Gudjohnsen surprised by Romelu Lukaku’s Chelsea woes

Former Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen was part of several multiple trophy-winning sides and knows the importance of seizing every opportunity.

The Club World Cup offers Thomas Tuchel another opportunity to add to his own silverware collection and Gudjohnson spoke to Metro.co.uk ahead of Satuday’s final against Brazilian side Palmeiras…

It adds games but games with prestige. If you win it, nobody can take it away from you. I lost the 2006 final to Internacional with Barcelona and it’s a big disappointment when you get there and lose.

Does he have to? No. But when you manage Chelsea you do have to be in contention to win things. The Club World Cup is a trophy they can get in the bag early in the season and that would take a bit of pressure off him.

The fact is City are just a cut above everybody else, quality-wise. You can’t say it’s disappointing but it is up to everyone else now to close that gap to City.

I found it very strange — initially I thought ‘this can’t be right’ but he had actually given the interview and said these things. I thought it was on the verge of being disrespectful. You see it and think ‘why would he want to jeopardise everything?’.

People have only seen what he can do in glimpses this season but on his day he can be a man against boys with his physicality. I did think he would be perfect for Chelsea. Now it’s up to Tuchel to find how he fits into the team. He needs to feel important in the role he has.

It was a bit of a strange one. We all know the story, that apparently he had a fall-out with Mikel Arteta. But now he has an opportunity to be at a great club and be the player he was.

I do but it was an easy decision to retire in 2017 in the end. When you feel you can’t do it any more and the kids are