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Romelu Lukaku has been told he has ‘six weeks to save his Chelsea career after another unconvincing display in the FA Cup semi-final.

The second-most expensive signing – behind only Jack Grealish - in the history of English football after completing a £98million move from Inter last year has become a bit-part player at the Blues. The Belgian international has not started a Premier League game in almost two months and was also almost exclusively used as a substitute in the Champions League.

Lukaku had started all four FA Cup matches for the Blues – all against lower league opposition – in which he had netted three goals but he was tellingly dropped out of the semi-final triumph over Crystal Palace. He has not scored a Premier League goal this calendar year and his struggles have spiralled in recent months.

The striker was introduced as a late substitute for Kai Havertz at Wembley after the Blues had gone two goals up in what was almost a symbolic substitution. Lukaku had a guilt-edged chance to add a third goal for the Blues but his wayward strike from point-blank range hit the post and was cleared.

Explaining his absence ahead of the match, Blues boss Thomas Tuchel explained: "He's not fit enough to play 90 minutes, not fit enough for the intensity of our game, it's as easy as that. He had