Romelu Lukaku: Everton striker dismisses reports of row over being made to pay for private plane
It was reported that the Belgium international had to pay £6,500 for his journey back from international duty
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Your support makes all the difference.Romelu Lukaku has appeared to reject claims that he is unhappy at Everton after being forced to pay for a private jet to fly him home from international duty.
The Belgian striker was said to been annoyed at having to foot the £6,500 bill for a flight from Cyprus following his national’s side 3-0 World Cup qualifying win on Tuesday.
According to the Daily Mirror, whereas other north-west teams with weekend fixtures paid for players’ flights, Everton refused to cover the journey as they only resume on Monday night, away to Sunderland.
Lukaku, who travelled back with club and international team-mate Kevin Mirallas, has now dismissed the story out of hand.
"Waking up to some BS again this morning. C'mon man people don't have time to read these nonsense,” he tweeted.
Lukaku recently committed his immediate future to Everton after a summer of heated transfer speculation.
The striker, who has not scored for his club since March, was heavily linked with a return to Chelsea, who he left to move to Goodison Park in 2014.
Ronald Koeman, the Everton manager, confirmed last month that Lukaku had told him he intended to stay for “at least one more season”.
Lukaku was also linked with Juventus, the Italian champions, and recently admitted that he was tempted by the idea of a move to Turin.
"It stings a little [not being in European competition], but I'm someone who believes that everything happens for a reason," he said.
"Otherwise I would have gone to Juventus instead of staying at Everton. But I opted for Everton because it was too early for Italy and I have not done badly here."
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