Lukaku’s Chelsea future in doubt as Belgium boss Martinez drops hint

Belgium manager Roberto Martinez has revealed this summer could be “a big moment” in the career of Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku.

Lukaku, 28, has suffered a disastrous return to English football after Chelsea forked out £97m to sign him from Inter Milan in the summer.

With just five goals in 20 Premier League games, he has failed to justify his eye-watering price tag and was forced into a public apology in December after making controversial comments in an interview with Sky Italia.

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It has been widely reported that Lukaku is unhappy with his role in Thomas Tuchel‘s side, having been demoted to second-choice striker, and Martinez has now confirmed that the Belgian international will assess his future when the transfer window opens at the end of the season.

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“We are talking about players, like Romelu, who have got over 100 caps and are part of this group of players who know the national team inside out,” he said (via The Sun).

“I’m not going to judge or assess the condition of any player until after the summer because it is not a normal situation.

“It is still seven months to the World Cup and probably you will go into the details of how a player feels when it gets closer to it than now. But there will be a lot of players who change clubs or are going to feel in a different way in the summer.

“Romelu needs to be assessed on how he feels in September, the same way Eden Hazard does and some others. But he is one of