Romelu Lukaku scored his first Roma goal against Empoli on Sunday and celebrated with his teammate Andrea Belotti by telling him: ‘I told you!’

The Belgian forward netted his first goal as a Roma player on Sunday in a 7-0 victory against Empoli. It was Roma’s first win in Serie A in 2023-24.

Belotti delivered the assist for Lukaku’s goal and Il Corriere dello Sport reports that the Belgian celebrated with his teammate under the Curva Sud, saying: ‘I told you.’

Both Lukaku and Belotti will be available on Thursday when the Giallorossi visit FC Sheriff in the Europa League group stage opener.

However, Lukaku is expected to start on the bench alongside Paulo Dybala, making room for Belotti and Stephan El Shaarawy in the starting XI.José Mourinho will be serving the first of a four-match ban in European competitions but will speak at a pre-match press conference from Moldova later today.

Billy Gilmour reveals the brutal way Thomas Tuchel ended his Chelsea career

The Belgian forward netted his first goal as a Roma player on Sunday in a 7-0 victory against Empoli. It was Roma’s first win in Serie A in 2023-24.Belotti delivered the assist for Lukaku’s goal and Il Corriere dello Sport reports that the Belgian celebrated with his teammate under the Curva Sud, saying: ‘I told you.’Both Lukaku and Belotti will be available on Thursday when the Giallorossi visit FC Sheriff in the Europa League group stage opener.However, Lukaku is expected to start on the bench alongside Paulo Dybala, making room for Belotti and Stephan El Shaarawy in the starting XI.José Mourinho will be serving the first of a four-match ban in European competitions but will speak at a pre-match press conference from Moldova later today.The Scotland international originally came to prominence during Frank Lampard’s tenure as manager at Stamford Bridge and continued to play a key role early on in Antonio Conte’s tenure.

After shining for his country at Euro 2020, Gilmour was unexpectedly loaned out to Norwich, where he failed to make an impact on a team that was demoted to the Championship after winning only five matches.

Despite returning to Chelsea for the upcoming season, Tuchel shockingly demoted Gilmour to the reserves during the club’s preseason tour of the United States.The graceful midfielder realized at that moment that his chances of returning to the Blues’ starting XI were nil. After a poor start, the 22-year-old has begun to thrive under Roberto De Zerbi’s guidance at Brighton, where he was transferred for £7.5 million.

When questioned by talkSPORT when he realized his time at Chelsea was up, Gilmour said, “When I came back from my loan from Norwich, I came back and had pre-season and I just wasn’t in the plans.”I ended up ditching training camp with the starters and joining the benchwarmers. During our preseason in the United States, my coach told me and two other boys that we wouldn’t be getting any playing time and would instead be sent to the reserves.

“I was like, right, OK, I knew right away I wasn’t in the plans, and at that time I was thinking, well, I want to be at a club that really loves me and I want to be a part of the squad. Please put me on the varsity football squad. I’m starting to really enjoy it. After representing my country, I feel the need to continue making progress in my career.It felt like the ideal time to go away for me. Thomas Tuchel, the manager at the time, agreed with me.

‘It seemed more and more likely that I was going to leave in the preseason. There wasn’t much of a chance for me to break into the first squad, so I decided to pursue my career elsewhere and join a club that values me.

“I really want to play football, I want to try to find a house and home and be here and give my all,” he said.